Personal archiving : preserving our digital heritage / edited by Donald T. Hawkins ; foreword by Brewster Kahle.

This book explores the emerging field of personal archiving. It covers a range of topics such as: archiving individual and family histories; services and software products; social media and email applications; legal issues; evolving formats and media considerations; academic research projects; Libra...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Hawkins, Donald T. (Editor), Kahle, Brewster (Author of introduction, etc.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Medford, New Jersey : Information Today, Inc., 2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • Personal digital archives : what they are, what they could be, and why they matter / Jeff Ubois, MacArthur Foundation
  • Personal archiving for individuals and families / Danielle Conklin, Cotton Gloves Research
  • The Library of Congress and personal digital archiving / Mike Ashenfelder, Library of Congress
  • Software and services for personal archiving / Donald T. Hawkins
  • Digital inheritance : tackling the legal and practical issues / Evan Carroll, The Digital Beyond
  • Social media, personal data, and reusing our digital legacy / Catherine C. Marshall, Microsoft Research, Silicon Valley
  • Reading an academic's email : identifying narrative elements in email archives / Jason Zalinger, University of South Florida, Nathan G. Freier, Microsoft Corporation, and Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland
  • Faculty member as archivist : personal archiving practices in the academic environment / Ellysa Stern Cahoy, Pennsylvania State University Libraries
  • Landscape of personal digital archiving activities and research / Sarah Kim, University of Texas at Austin
  • Active personal archiving and the Internet archive / Aaron Ximm, Internet Archive
  • Our technology heritage / Richard Banks, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, U.K
  • New horizons in personal archiving : 1 Second Everyday, MUSE, and myKive / Donald T. Hawkins, Christopher J. Prom, University of Illinois, and Peter Chan, Stanford University
  • The future of personal digital archiving : defining the research agendas / Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information.