Abstract:
A collection of web sites that relate to the operation of the university in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, web sites that document the communication efforts of the university to the wider university community, web sites that document policies created and implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and web sites that complement the University Archives’ existing collecting areas including student publications.
Copyright:
Copyright is held by The State University of New York at Buffalo, University Archives. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
Scope and Content:
Web sites are by nature at risk. Web sites created in response to unanticipated events, whether natural or man-made, are especially ephemeral. Content may be created, updated, removed or deleted with no notice. The web sites are often taken down once the event or crisis has passed. The university’s COVID-19 Information web site is an example of a web site created in response to a global health pandemic. The web site is used to communicate with UB students, parents, faculty, and staff; to share news, bulletins, and answer Frequently Asked Questions. The university also uses this web site to share authoritative sources of information with the UB community. The university also adapted existing web sites in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Examples include the university’s administrative gateway, used by Human Resources to share information relevant to faculty and staff; UBNow, a daily newsletter for sharing information and news with faculty and staff; and the News Center, which provides official UB news, information for the media, and links to articles in mass media about UB.Please note that this collection is meant to be a sample of the university's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and is by no means comprehensive.
Arrangement:
Web crawls are organized in groups (series) by web site. Within each series web crawls are arranged chronologically by date of capture.
Restrictions:
The University at Buffalo COVID-19 Web Site collection, 2022022 is open to researchers.
Beginning Date (Creation):
2020
Ending Date (Creation):
2022
