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Who says the Library of Congress isn't archiving the open web? http://www.loc.gov/webarchiving/faq.html http://www.loc.gov/webarchiving/faq.html Specifically,
by esonderegger 14y ago
Who says the Library of Congress isn't archiving the open web?
http://www.loc.gov/webarchiving/faq.html http://www.loc.gov/webarchiving/faq.html
Specifically, it states:
The types of sites archived include, but are not limited to: United States government (federal, state, district, local), foreign government, candidates for political office, political commentary, political parties, media, religious organizations, support groups, tributes and memorials, advocacy groups, educational and research institutions, creative expressions (cartoons, poetry, etc.), and blogs.
- davewiner 14y agoDid you miss the note? http://scripting.com/stories/2012/07/17/whyTheLocArchivingTwitterI.html http://scripting.com/stories/2012/07/17/whyTheLocArchivingTw... "(Note: I mean bloggers. The equivalent content that's on Twitter, but not in a corporate blogging silo.)"
- scott_s 14y agoDid you miss the last word of his quote?
- davewiner 14y agoNo I didn't. But I also noted it was the last word. :-)
- eli 14y agoLoC is one of the organizing members of this: http://www.netpreserve.org/about/index.php http://www.netpreserve.org/about/index.php The mission of the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) is to acquire, preserve and make accessible knowledge and information from the Internet for future generations everywhere, promoting global exchange and international relations. They've got a working group working on smart crawlers right now. If you've got some good ideas for making it easier to archive blogs, perhaps you should consider contributing.
- scott_s 14y agoSo your complaint is not that they don't archive blogs, but that they don't list it first among that which they archive?
- davewiner 14y agoI wrote a blog post that explains my point of view, it's linked to at the beginning of this thread.
- scott_s 14y agoAnd as esonderegger pointed out, your second point is incorrect. I also think your second point is the crux of your points; that is, everything you said assumes that the Library of Congress favors Twitter over blogs. How does that change your point of view?
- davewiner 14y agoOkay you're making an editorial/legal objection, you'd like me to find a way to merge the note in with the first part. Consider it done. We need a new acronym to go with IANAL, something like TIJABP -- This Is Just A Blog Post. http://scripting.com/stories/2012/07/18/tijabp.html http://scripting.com/stories/2012/07/18/tijabp.html
- scott_s 14y agoConsidering how important you think blogging is, I'm surprised you don't feel the same about the quality of the content.