Press Coverage

This is a selection of press coverage, publications, and presentations about the Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online initiative.

Media inquiries can be directed to the project admins at info@sucho.org.

• February 24, 2025 press release: SUCHO Database of Web-Archived Content
• September 28, 2023 press release: Grand Prix / European Heritage Awards 2023
• June 13, 2023 press release: European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2023
• May 31, 2023 press release: Memory Savers Internship
• August 8, 2022 press release: Phase 2 of the SUCHO Initiative
• March 8, 2022 press release: Volunteers Unite to Archive Ukrainian Cultural Heritage

Articles

• Segerberg, Andreas. “To save a cultural heritage: Lessons from a volunteer network’s support to Ukrainian cultural heritage institutions.” Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues. February 6, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/09557490241230502.
• Jolicoeur, Kiley. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online and the Mission to Preserve Digital Cultural Heritage.” Museum and Society Online, Volume 21, no. 2 (24 July 2023): 58-64. DOI: https://doi.org/10.29311/mas.v21i2.4302.
• Rakityanskaya, Anna. “The SUCHO Ukrainian War Memes Collection.” Slavic & East European Information Resources. January 21, 2023. DOI: 10.1080/15228886.2023.2169634
• Dombrowski, Quinn. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO): Digital relief work relationships more than technology.” International Leads 37, no. 2 (2022): 3-12.
• Clavert, Frédéric. “Préservons notre patrimoine numérique grâce au contre-archivage décentralisé et collaboratif.” Le Monde. December 17, 2022.
• Jolicoeur, Kiley, Anna Kijas, and Anna Rakityanskaya. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online: A Global Initiative.” Ukrainian Cultural Studies no. 2, 11 (December 5, 2022): 87-89.
• Besson, Julie. “Un entretien avec SUCHO : comment des bénévoles se sont rassemblés pour protéger le patrimoine numérique ukrainien / Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online: how volunteers gathered around the world.” Mêtis. December 12, 2022.
• Marche, Stephen. “‘Our mission is crucial’: meet the warrior librarians of Ukraine.” The Guardian. December 4, 2022.
• Štanzel, Arnost, Tobias Beinert. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online. Zum Schutz des digitalen Erbes der Ukraine.” Bibliotheksmagazin 3 (October 2022): 70-74.
• Dombrowski, Quinn, Anna Kijas, and Sebastian Majstorovic. “Digital Cultural Heritage Under Attack: Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO).” TEXT AND IMAGE: ESSENTIAL PROBLEMS IN ART HISTORY vol. 1, 13, August 31, 2022.
• Young, Michelle. “Saving the Artwork of Ukraine.” Wilson Quarterly. July 18, 2022.
• LeBlanc, Zoe, et. al. “A Conversation with the Organizers of Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO).” Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement vol. 2, 1, July 13, 2022.
• Emdén, Fredrik. “Internationellt nätverk ska rädda Ukrainas digitala kulturarv” Omvärld och Insikt. Swedish National Heritage Board. June 22, 2022.
• Salim, Gisela. “As the War Drags On, a Race Is Afoot to Preserve Ukraine History.” New/Lines Magazine. June 21, 2022.
• Jones, Edgar. “Interview with Volunteers for Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO).” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. June 8, 2022.
• Zourou, K., Oikonomou, S. “Resilience and action-taking: a vision of crowd initiatives for cultural heritage preservation in an armed conflict.” Web2Learn. May 30, 2022.
• Moises, Jürgen. “Wie die Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in München dabei hilft digitales Kulturgut aus der Ukraine zu schützen.” Süddeutsche Zeitung. May 16, 2022.
• Alcala, Ronald. “Ukraine Symposium - the Ukraine Conflict and the Future of Digital Cultural Property.” Articles of War blog from Lieber Institute, West Point Academy. May 13, 2022.
• Boehringer, Hans. “Das große Backup.” Taz. May 2, 2022.
• Coleman, Flynn. “Op-Ed: The race to save Ukrainian culture, in the real world and online.” Los Angeles Times. May 1, 2022.
• Bacchi, Umberto. “Online army deploys to save Ukraine’s art and heritage.” Thomas Reuters Foundation News. April 27, 2022.
• Gollom, Mark. “Canadian archivists go down the digital rabbit hole to help save Ukrainian culture.” CBC. April 13, 2022.
• Farooqui, Salman. “With Ukraine’s digital history risking erasure, Canadians join efforts to preserve it.” The Globe and Mail. April 11, 2022.
• Kiebuzinski, Ksenya. “Libraries around the world are helping safeguard Ukrainian books and culture.” The Conversation. April 10, 2022.
• Markovich, Ally. “The Berkeley archivist on a mission to save Ukrainian digital history.” Berkeleyside. April 10, 2022.
• Verma, Pranshu. “Meet the 1,300 librarians racing to back up Ukraine’s digital archives.” Washington Post. April 8, 2022.
• McQuaid, Cate. “As the war unfolds, this Boston Public Library curator is helping preserve Ukraine’s cultural treasures.” Boston Globe. April 8, 2022.
• Ting-Wei, Lin. “3000 個網站的備份之戰，她們的另類烏克蘭救援.” Sehseh. April 7, 2022.
• Florea, Christina. “Opinion: Putin knows that controlling history is the key to total power.” CNN. April 4, 2022.
• Serrano, Jody. “How to Stop Ukrainian Websites From Vanishing During War.” Gizmodo. April 2, 2022.
• Fitzwilliam, Helen. “Saving Ukraine’s art and soul.” Chatham House. April 1, 2022.
• Patin, Katia. “The race to save everything as war threatens the internet in Ukraine and Russia.” .coda. March 31, 2022.
• Röshammar, Martin. “Ukrainskt kulturarv räddas med svensk hjälp.” Biblioteks Bladet . March 31, 2022.
• Recker, Jane. “Inside the Efforts to Preserve Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage.” Smithsonian Magazine. March 30, 2022.
• Waxman, Olivia. “Ukrainian Museums Are Racing to Save Artifacts That Tell the Country’s Story.” Time. March 29, 2022.
• Hedberg, Kristina. “Svenskt nätverk har säkerhetskopierat Ukrainas internet.” Dagens Nyheter, March 25, 2022.
• van Ringelestijn, Tonie. “Musea Oekraïne digitaal gered: ‘Voordat de servers plat gaan.’” BRIGHT. March 24, 2022.
• Brya, Cindy. “iSchool alumni play instrumental role in saving Ukrainian cultural heritage online.” UIUC School of Information Sciences. March 23, 2022.
• Adams, Caralee. “Volunteers Rally to Archive Ukrainian Web Sites.” Internet Archive Blogs. March 22, 2022.
• Stephenson, Heather. “Preserving Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage Online.” TuftsNow. March 22, 2022.
• “Rescuing Music Data: Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO).” RISM Editorial Center. March 22, 2022.
• Schwartz, Madeleine. “Ukraine’s ballet dancers are a ‘voice of resistance’ amid a greater struggle.” National Geographic. March 17, 2022.
• “V živo iz Ukrajine: kako varovati arhive v času vojne?.” Reporter.si. March 17, 2022.
• Capozucca, Roberta. “Guerra in Ucraina è catastrofe culturale.” Il Sole 24 Ore.
• Häntzschel, Jörg. “Freiwillige retten ukrainische Kultur im Internet.” Süddeutsche Zeitung. March 16, 2022.
• Plumet, Alexandre. “Guerre en Ukraine : un millier de «monument men» au secours du patrimoine culturel numérique.” Le Figaro. March 16, 2022.
• “SUCHO: Η πρωτοβουλία που προσπαθεί να σώσει τα ψηφιακά αρχεία των ουκρανικών μουσείων.” Avant Garde. March 16, 2022.
• Αdamopoulou, Mairi. “Ουκρανία: SOS για τους ανεκτίμητους πολιτιστικούς θησαυρούς.” In.gr. March 14, 2022.
• Cascone, Sarah. “How Tech Experts in the West Are Rushing to Save the Digital Archives of Ukraine’s Museums.” Artnet News. March 14, 2022.
• Guyomard, Fanny. “Des bibliothécaires ambassadeurs de la culture numérique ukrainienne.” Livres Hebdo. March 14, 2022.
• Ribbens, Arjen. “Data van Oekraïense culturele organisaties veiliggesteld.” NRC. March 14, 2022.
• Toshkova, Viktorija. “Украйна в битка да опази и културното си наследство.” Investor. March 14, 2022.
• Vilkišienė, Agnė. “Archyvarai savanoriai vienijasi, kad padėtų išsaugoti Ukrainos kultūros paveldą.” Voruta. March 14, 2022.
• “Ουκρανία: Νέα πρωτοβουλία σπεύδει να σώσει τα ψηφιακά αρχεία των ουκρανικών μουσείων.” Monopoli. March 14, 2022.
• Marshall, Colin. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online: 1,000+ Librarians Digitally Preserve Artifacts of Ukrainian Civilization Before Russia Can Destroy Them.” Open Culture. March 11, 2022.
• Tóth-Gál, Enikő. “Az ukrán tudósok versenyt futnak az idővel.” Magyar Mezőgazdaság. March 11, 2022.
• Sultan, Sali̇ha. “Bosna’da silinen hafıza Ukrayna’ya ders oldu.” Karar. March 10, 2022.
• Fasseur, Barbara. “Ukraine: des volontaires au secours du patrimoine numérique.” Les univers du livre Actualitté. March 10, 2022.
• Nilsson, Ola. Frivilliga räddar det ukrainska digitala kulturarvet. Digiteket. March 10, 2022.
• Krücken, Markus. “Kölner Digital-Guru (30) rettet Kulturerbe der Ukraine.” Report-K. March 9, 2022.
• Curry, Andrew. “You can’t get back specimens”: Ukrainian scientists rush to save irreplaceable collections.” Science. March 9, 2022.
• Harding, Luke and Harriet Sherwood. “Ukrainians in race to save cultural heritage.” The Guardian. March 9, 2022.
• Cook, Stacey Myers. “OSU Lima Campus Librarians assisting in the efforts to save Ukrainian Online Culture.” March 8, 2022.
• Moyer, Josh. “Looking to support Ukraine? Here’s how Centre County residents and other Pennsylvanians can help.” Centre Daily Times March 2, 2022.

Interviews / Podcasts

• SUCHO: Protecting Ukrainian Heritage with Anna Kijas. Archives & Communities. SAA-UA Student Chapter. June 30, 2024.
• Cummins, Todd. “Librarians at Ohio State Lima continue their efforts in archiving Ukraine’s culture online.” Hometown Stations, Lima, Ohio. September 26, 2022.
• Meet the group seeking to preserve Ukrainian culture by rescuing Ukrainian websites. CBS News. July 16, 2022.
• Avaneszadeh, Alex. Interview with Anna Kijas on the ‘Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online’ Project. Russia and Eurasia Program, The Fletcher School, Tufts University. June 29, 2022.
• Against the Grain Podcast 163 - SUCHO: Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online. ATGthePodcast.com. June 27, 2022.
• Interview with SUCHO Co-founders. Created by Coherent Digital for an ALA 2022 breakfast presentation. June 26, 2022.
• Podcast: GLAM International Series – Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO). BC Museums Association. June 2, 2022.
• Saving Ukrainian Heritage: Episodes 1 to 4. Augmented Humanity. May 2 - 23, 2022.
• Preserving Ukraine’s cultural treasures with digital tools. PBS NewsHour. April 28, 2022.
• Ottawa woman helps in the effort to save digitized Ukrainian cultural and historic content. All in a Day with Alan Neal on CBC. April 21, 2022.
• Saving digital history: U of A librarian part of global effort to preserve Ukrainian culture amid Russian invasion. CTV News. April 20, 2022.
• Berkeley Woman Among Group Preserving Ukraine’s History. NBC Bay Area. April 13, 2022.
• SUCHO: residente de la Bahía crea proyecto para salvar el patrimonio cultural ucraniano. Telemundo Area de la Bahía. April 13, 2022.
• Berkeley Woman Leads Effort To Help Save Ukraine’s Digital History Amid Russian Attacks. CBS SF BayArea. April 13, 2022.
• Ottawa At Work - Carrie Pirmann Interview “If the print and digital copies are destroyed, that piece of history is gone forever”. 580 CFRA - Omny.fm. April 13, 2022.
• Schwartz, Elin. “Svenskar sparar ner Ukrainas internet: ”Vill rädda digitala kulturarvet”” SVT Nyheter. April 11, 2022.
• Kranz, Oliver. “Krieg und Frieden / Positionen zur Zeit”. RBB Kultur. March 28, 2022.
• Svensson, Marcus. “Svenskarnas insats i kriget: Andreas räddar Ukrainas internet”. Sveriges Radio. March 28, 2022.
• “How a Collective is Saving Ukrainian Cultural Treasurer”. DW Shift. March 26, 2022.
• “S11E01: Conservation and Conflict” (starting 32:08). The C-Word: The Conservators’ Podcast. March 23, 2022.
• “Die ukrainische Kultur bewahren: Digitale Kunstwerke sichern.” NDR Kultur. March 16, 2022.
• “The art world has come under Russia’s attack, but the community is fighting back to keep Ukraine’s cultural identity alive.” ABC News (Australia). March 11, 2022.
• “Digital archivists race to preserve Ukrainian heritage.” Marketplace Tech, NPR. March 11, 2022.
• “Ukraine: Rettungsaktion für digitales Kulturerbe.” Scala, WDR 5. March 11, 2022.

Talks

• Rakityanskaya, Anna. “The SUCHO Meme Wall: an international effort to preserve born-digital cultural heritage during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the conference Protecting and accessing cultural goods in wartime.” University of Munster. April 5, 2024.
• Rakityanskaya, Anna. “The SUCHO Ukrainian War Memes Collection: an international collaborative born-digital archiving initiative.” Panel on Social media, memes and other born-digital sources on the war in Ukraine: from collecting and archiving to academic research and teaching. 55th Annual Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies. December 2, 2023.
• Segerberg, Andreas. “Socially-Engaged Digital Humanities. Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online.” Excellence Day for European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2023, Venice, Italy. September 27, 2023. Watch video of presentation starting at 03:10:43.
• Rakityanskaya, Anna. “Belarus in Russo-Ukrainian War Memes.” International Congress of Belarusian Studies, Gdansk Poland. September 22, 2023.
• Kijas, Anna. “Preserving Cultural Heritage through Digital Activism and Community Engagement.” MEC/TEI Joint Conference, University of Paderborn. September 5, 2023.
• Dombrowski, Quinn, Anna Kijas, Anna Rakityanskaya, and Alex Wingate. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online: Responsive Emergency DH at Scale.” Poster at DH 2023. July 12, 2023.
• Dombrowski, Quinn. Panelist on “Exploring the Borderlands: A Revolutionary Potential for DH.” DH 2023. July 12, 2023.
• Dombrowski, Quinn. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO) and the Stakes of Digital Humanities.” Hong Kong University, June 1, 2023.
• Jolicoeur, Kiley, Andreas Segerberg, and Susanna Ånäs. “Linking Us Together: Applications of Wikidata in Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO).” 2023 LD4 Conference. July 11, 2023.
• Sharafanenko, Olena. “Archiving experience in SUCHO (with a focus on the SUCHO Meme Wall).” Netzwerk Digitale Geisteswissenschaften, University of Potsdam. July 7, 2023.
• Dombrowski, Quinn, Anna Kijas, Sebastian Majstorovic, Andreas Segerberg, Ulia Gosart, and Sam Dombrowski. “Socially-Engaged Digital Humanities.” CESTA, Stanford University. May 9, 2023.
• Kijas, Anna, Quinn Dombrowski, Andreas Segerberg. “What next? An update from SUCHO.” IIPC WAC 2023 Online Session 6 Q&A: Collaborative Web Archiving. May 3, 2023.
• Dombrowski, Quinn. “Digital Humanities in Theory, Practice, and Emergency: Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online.” Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies, University of Chicago. April 21, 2023.
• Kijas, Anna, Quinn Dombrowski, Sebastian Majstorovic. “Preserving Digital Cultural Heritage: Lessons and Perspectives from SUCHO.” Ukrainian Libraries During the Wartime. San Jose State University. April 5, 2023.
• Rakityanskaya, Anna, Olha Khometa, Olena Pavlova, Maria Rohozha, and Ksenya Kiebuzinski. “What Is the Role of Humor During the War?”. Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (CERES) at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. March 31, 2023.
• Dombrowski, Quinn and Sebastian Majstorovic. “Open Culture Meets Digital Activism: Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online.” DHd2023, Open Humanities, Open Culture. March 14, 2023.
• Dombrowski, Quinn, Anna Kijas, Andreas Segerberg. ACA@UBC Symposium on Archives Unbound. Redefining Archival Concepts and Practices. February 11, 2023.
• Majstorovic, Sebastian. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online.” Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to War. Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, Vienna, Austria. February 7-8, 2023.
• Dombrowski, Quinn, Anna Kijas, Kiley Jolicoeur. “Warrior Librarians for Ukraine: Saving Jewish & Ukrainian Cultural Heritage.” Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. January 12, 2023.
• Kijas, Anna. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online.” ALLIES Speaker Series. Tufts University. November 30, 2022.
• Holownia, Olga, Yves Maurer, Taras Nazaruk, Erica Peaslee, Valérie Schafer, Dr. Lars Wieneke, and Nina Janz. Roundtable Discussion: “(Digital) Cultural Heritage at risk. Lessons learned for future preservation strategies”. Project “Witness the Now” - Challenges for Emergency Archiving and Oral History following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History. November 22, 2022.
• Kijas, Anna. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online.” Johns Hopkins Digital History Workshop. November 17, 2022.
• Jolicoeur, Kiley, Erica Peaslee. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online.” The Ukrainian History and Education Center. November 15, 2022.
• Schneider, Tina and Zach Walton. “Digital Preservation as Activism: Ensuring Access to Ukrainian eResources in Peril.” Academic Library Association of Ohio conference. November 4, 2022.
• Kijas, Anna, Sebastian Majstorovic, Quinn Dombrowski, Sam Dombrowski, Andreas Segerberg, and Gudrun Wirtz. “Protecting Digital Cultural Heritage in Time of Crisis.” Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage. Vienna, Austria. October 18, 2022.
• Kijas, Anna, Sebastian Majstorovic, Quinn Dombrowski, Sam Dombrowski, and Andreas Segerberg. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online.” University of Gothenburg. Gothenburg, Sweden. October 14, 2022.
• Majstorovic, Sebastian. “Collaborative Preservation of Cultural Heritage: Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO).” Europeana 2022. September 29, 2022.
• Dombrowski, Quinn and Sebastian Majstorovic. “Grassroots Collaboration in the Digital Humanities: Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO).” European Summer University. August 7, 2022.
• Martin, Kim, Erica Peaslee, Alex Gil. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online.” DH2022 Tokyo. July 25, 2022.
• Rakityanskaya, Anna, Alex Gil, Quinn Dombrowski. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online & Rapid-Response Digital Humanities.” Coalition for Networked Information, CNI Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series: July 2022.
• Kijas, Anna. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online.” Preserving Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage and Historical Record, University of Toronto. July 8, 2022.
• Rakityanskaya, Anna. “The SUCHO project: a librarian volunteer story.” Council for Slavonic and East European Library and Information Services Conference, British Library. June 17, 2022.
• Segerberg, Andreas. “SUCHO A global community of volunteers.” INOS Webinar (Cultural Heritage Threats and the Role of Citizen Engagement Inside and Outside Universities). June 10, 2022.
• Peaslee, Erica, Carrie Pirmann. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO).” Capitalizarea patrimoniului local în proiecte moderne, MoldArte. May 30, 2022.
• Segerberg, Andreas. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online: An Archiving Race Against Time.” CIDOC conference Tallinn. May 26, 2022.
• Kijas, Anna, Sebastian Majstorovic, Quinn Dombrowski. “A Crash Course in Web Archiving & Community.” International Internet Preservation Consortium Web Archiving Conference 2022. May 25, 2022.
• Strong, Dena, Kim Martin, Erica Peaslee. “SUCHO Community Coordination.” International Internet Preservation Consortium Web Archiving Conference 2022. May 25, 2022.
• Kreymer, Ilya. “From Raspberry Pi to Cloud-Distributed Web Archiving with Webrecorder.” International Internet Preservation Consortium Web Archiving Conference 2022. May 25, 2022.
• Kijas, Anna, Sebastian Majstorovic, Quinn Dombrowski, Ilya Kreymer, Dena Strong, Kim Martin, Erica Peaslee. “Session 17 Q&A: Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online.” International Internet Preservation Consortium Web Archiving Conference 2022. May 25, 2022.
• Segerberg, Andreas. “SUCHO A global community of volunteers” (begins at 59:00 in recording). The Society of Archives and Records Management in Sweden (FAI). May 20, 2022.
• Dombrowski, Quinn, Anna Kijas. “SUCHO: A Grassroots Approach to Archiving Digital Cultural Heritage.” Cultural Leadership Guest Speaker Series, Drexel University. May 16, 2022.
• Dombrowski, Quinn, Anna Kijas. “Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online.” San Jose State University King Library Series, May 13, 2022.
• Kijas, Anna. “SUCHO: A Grassroots Approach to Archiving Digital Cultural Heritage.” Enriching Dialogues of Citizen Science, Kulturhistorisk Museum, Norway. April 29, 2022.
• Dombrowski, Quinn. “Nimble Tents and Bunkers: Safeguarding Digital Cultural Heritage.” Fiesole Retreat. Athens, Greece. April 6, 2022.
• Dombrowski, Quinn. “Libraries, Laboratories, Back Alleys.” (begins 2:54 in recording). Internet Archive. March 16, 2022.