This series of three webinars introduce ARKs (Archival Resource Keys), which can serve as persistent identifiers or stable, trusted references for information objects (e.g. web addresses that don’t return 404 Page Not Found errors).

For over two decades, 8.2 billion ARKs have been created by over 1000 organizations — libraries, data centres, archives, museums, publishers, government agencies, and vendors. 

At the first webinar, participants learnt: