[AI-Generated Summary]: Savannah Scott, a PhD student at George Mason University, reflects on her summer work at RRCHNM focused on website flattening - converting dynamic CMS sites to static versions for long-term preservation. Her work on the 9/11 Digital Archive (98,000+ items) exposed challenges with wget download issues, storage constraints, and implementing static search functionality, ultimately strengthening RRCHNM’s sustainability workflows for digital preservation.
- Author: Savannah Scott (PhD student, George Mason University)
- Topic: Website flattening and digital sustainability
- Key Project: 9/11 Digital Archive preservation
- Institution: Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
- Date: August 25, 2025