{"id":516,"date":"2017-04-06T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T18:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/perma\/?p=516"},"modified":"2017-04-06T17:17:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T17:17:56","slug":"the-law-library-of-congress-is-using-perma-to-battle-link-rot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/perma\/2017\/04\/06\/the-law-library-of-congress-is-using-perma-to-battle-link-rot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Law Library of Congress is Using Perma to Battle Link Rot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perma is proud to call the Law Library of Congress one of our active, leading users. Charlotte Stitcher, the law library\u2019s managing editor, has implemented Perma.cc since 2015 to fight link and reference rot in Library of Congress publications. \u00a0A 2014 internal Law Library of Congress review of law reports published by the Global Legal Research Center (GLRC) found that &#8220;a significant number&#8221; of footnoted links no longer worked, which fits similar conclusions found by the Harvard Law Review&#8217;s own <a href=\"http:\/\/harvardlawreview.org\/2014\/03\/perma-scoping-and-addressing-the-problem-of-link-and-reference-rot-in-legal-citations\/\">study of link rot<\/a>\u00a0in three Harvard journals and U.S. Supreme Court cases. \u00a0In their search to find a solution to the link rot problem, the Law Library found Perma.cc, which they officially implemented in October 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Using Perma, the GLRC is able to add archived copies of web pages to the footnotes of all new reports. \u00a0A recent example is the GLRC&#8217;s November 2016 report on &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/law\/help\/genocide\/jurisdiction-chart.pdf\">Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, and War Crimes Jurisdiction,<\/a>&#8221; which contains an archived Perma.cc link alongside each cited hyperlink.<\/p>\n<p>Get your institution on to Perma.cc and help your patrons and scholars fight link-rot, by <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/\">signing your library up<\/a> today!<\/p>\n<blockquote data-secret=\"oX0QMFNBE8\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalgov.gov\/2016\/04\/13\/law-library-of-congress-implements-solution-for-link-and-reference-rot\/\">Law Library of Congress Implements Solution for Link and Reference Rot<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalgov.gov\/2016\/04\/13\/law-library-of-congress-implements-solution-for-link-and-reference-rot\/embed\/#?secret=oX0QMFNBE8\" data-secret=\"oX0QMFNBE8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Law Library of Congress Implements Solution for Link and Reference Rot&#8221; &#8212; DigitalGov\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perma is proud to call the Law Library of Congress one of our active, leading users. 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