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Obj: But we won't  have the source code, the images, all the different files that make up the site! Ans.: Think abt. it for awhile, and you may conclude, along with me, that capturing a few real sessions, inclding the captujre of all screens linked to, is worth a lot more than collecting files which may well turn out  not to work together for the desired result in the future *anyway*

Wiki MarkupWould appreciate any comments/questions/examples of sites that do use this approach \ *GREATLY APPRECIATED*, esp. w/ my paper due tomorrow\! \[  \:(   yikes - procrastination is my downfall\!\[  :(   yikes - procrastination is my downfall!]

Ultimately, as a 25+ years in the field librarian, the current approach to archiving web sites - which might as well be called, "under no circumstance shall you consult a user" - simply feels like deja vue all over again :)  (e.g.: libraries never used to - I hope it's changing - *ever* run online library system screens by real users for input - all we went on was our idea of how our users might react (and, on a sort of metaphysical level, what the info. resource itself "wanted" - ie, perfect description, even if that meant 5 years in the backlog).