Web Archive Switzerland: Professional Development 2026
Demo for the new e-Helvetica, online, 26.05.2026
On 26 May 2026, a 90-minute demonstration of the new e-Helvetica took place via Teams. Members of Web Archive Switzerland were invited to attend. 34 people took part, 29 of whom were from external partner institutions or services and 5 from internal ones.
In late 2025, the Swiss National Library (NL) upgraded its technical infrastructure for the collection and archiving of and access to the digital collections. As part of this process, a new platform for accessing the digital collections was also launched. The demonstration of this new platform, called e-Helvetica, consisted of three parts. Following an introductory presentation of the new technical infrastructure, e-Helvetica and its search and filter options for websites were presented, and the composition of the results list was explained. In the third part, the new secure access stations for the Web Archive were presented. It was also explained what requirements an institution must meet if it is interested in having its own access station.