The article describes the legal situation in France regarding the legal deposit of digital material, and shows how it has been implemented in practice at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF). The focus is on web archiving, where the BnF has experience going back almost 10 years, but other aspects of digital legal deposit are discussed, with possible future developments and challenges. Throughout comparisons are made with the situations in other countries.
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HuchetBernardIllienGildasOuryClément. Le temps des moissons. Le dépôt légal du Web : vers la construction d’un patrimoine cooperative. In: Revue de l’Association des Bibliothécaires de France, 2010, n° 52, pp. 28–31.
