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Review Of Controlling The Past: Documenting Society And Institutions — Essays In Honor Of Helen Willa Samuels, Stephen J. Hussman Oct 2011

Review Of Controlling The Past: Documenting Society And Institutions — Essays In Honor Of Helen Willa Samuels, Stephen J. Hussman

Journal of Western Archives

A book review of Controlling the Past, edited by Terry Cook.


Review Of The Ethical Archivist, Cory L. Nimer Oct 2011

Review Of The Ethical Archivist, Cory L. Nimer

Journal of Western Archives

A book review of Elena S. Danielson's The Ethical Archivist.


Providing Enhanced Access For The Oregon State University College Catalogs : A Case Study, Susan A. Kunda, Elizabeth A. Nielsen Oct 2011

Providing Enhanced Access For The Oregon State University College Catalogs : A Case Study, Susan A. Kunda, Elizabeth A. Nielsen

Journal of Western Archives

The academic catalog is a vital record for colleges and universities. Until the late 1980s, Oregon State University catalogs were published, distributed and archived solely in print format. With the advent of web and digital technologies, the Oregon State University Registrar’s Office also began placing an electronic version of the most recent catalogs online, while the Oregon State University Libraries provided access to earlier versions of the catalog through a subscription to College Source®, an online vendor for academic catalogs.

In 2006, the Registrar’s Office was looking for a home for its archive of digital files, while the escalating cost …


Ethical Considerations In Web 2.0 Archives, Antoinette E. Baker Jul 2011

Ethical Considerations In Web 2.0 Archives, Antoinette E. Baker

School of Information Student Research Journal

In April 2010, the Internet company Twitter announced that it had granted its entire archive of “Tweets” to the Library of Congress. These Tweets are typically generated by public users, who may or may not understand or expect that their submissions will be archived by a government agency. Archives of Web 2.0 material raise new ethical considerations for archivists, who must balance interests in preserving material with privacy interests of users who generated the content. Archivists can address these concerns by requiring corporate donors to fully disclose the nature of the archive to users and by allowing users to opt-out …