Valuable data about key aspects of modern Scottish life is being lost in a digital archive “black hole”, it has been warned.
The National Library of Scotland said online and social media coverage from the past 20 years was disappearing.
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NLS chief executive Martyn Wade said: “In Scotland and across the UK we have an outstanding and enviable written heritage.
“However, we are now well behind many other countries in archiving the web.
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