Virginia Tech has unveiled a new Web site that will collect stories about the tragic shootings on the university’s campus this month.

The April 16 Archive, as the site is called, is run by Virginia Tech’s Center for Digital Discourse and Culture. The center is seeking firsthand accounts of the shootings and the university’s reaction, and it is encouraging Web users to submit images, blog posts, and multimedia files from their personal collections.

Campus officials hope the site will serve historians and archivists, as well as students and employees still coping with the massacre’s aftermath. “It is our sincere hope that this site can contribute to a collective process of healing,” the archive’s creators write, “especially as those affected by this tragedy tell their stories in their own words.” —Brock Read