SILS-ETD

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1901/108

Title: Blogs as a Means of Preservation Selection for the World Wide Web
Authors: Marianne K. Gouge
Keyword: World Wide Web
Keyword: Web site--Weblog
Keyword: Preservation of Library Materials--Electronic Data Archives/Conservation and Restoration Archival Material--Computer Files
Keyword: Preservation--Computer Files
Issue Date: 20-Jul-2004
Publisher: School of Information and Library Science
Abstract: Currently, there is not a very strong system of selection in place when looking at the Web as a whole. This study is an examination of the blogging community for the possibility of utilizing the decentralized and distributed nature of link selection that takes place within the community as a means of preservation selection. The purpose of this study is to compare the blog aggregators, Daypop, Blogdex, and BlogPulse, for their ability to collect content which is of archival quality. This study analyzes the content selected by the aggregators to determine if any content which is linked most frequently for a given day is of archival quality. Archival quality is determined by comparing the content from the aggregator lists to criteria assembled for the study from a variety of archival policies and principles.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1901/108
Appears in Collections:SILS Master's Papers

Files in This Item:

File SizeFormat 
mariannegouge.pdf170KbAdobe PDFView/Open

Show full item record

All items in SILS-ETD are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved.