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The British Library continues its mission to safeguard the nation22s digital heritage by expanding its archives to include websites that originate in the United Kingdom. This effort sits alongside the Library22s long-standing collection of printed publications, forming a complete record of the country22s cultural and intellectual output. The project began in 2004, when the Library sought permission from site owners to include their pages in the archive. With millions of UK-based domains 22about 4.8 million with the .uk suffix22, the permission-based approach proved slow and cumbersome. (British Library archival program, 2004)