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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406245318-01052009>Hi Rick,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406245318-01052009>You're right, we could
use Helen Samuels' documentation strategy to do an analysis of social media
sites. To my mind we would be elaborating the social aspect (indeed
societal aspect) and not the personal archival element, though.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406245318-01052009> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406245318-01052009>This gets at a sticking
point for me: there has been a lot of suggestion that documentation strategy
could be helpful in terms of appraising personal archives. However, I
haven't seen this model implemented yet in a way targeted specifically at
personal archives. Has anyone else? I think there is a lot of work
to be done in terms of appraisal theory which would approach personal
archives. Perhaps the "crisis" of digital records in the personal
sphere should lead us back to this fundemental question: Where is the
appraisal theory supporting personal archives acquisition? Samuels' work
is a strong point of departure for this elaboration of theory.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406245318-01052009>Best,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406245318-01052009>Catherine</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406245318-01052009></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406245318-01052009>P.S. Definitely not a
message to send in the final hours of the discussion but perhaps we can
anticipate a future discussion topic.... </SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> RICKBARRY@aol.com [mailto:RICKBARRY@aol.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> May 1, 2009 1:48 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Hobbs, Catherine;
personal_archives@mailman.yale.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Personal_archives]
(no subject)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Catherine:</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 4/27/2009 4:45:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
catherine.hobbs@lac-bac.gc.ca writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial> Are there any
archivists among us who are looking toward social media sites and even
periferal devices such as cell phones which take photos? It would help
us to know what archivists are thinking of when they look for creator's
digital belongings. <BR><BR>Catherine</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>I don't know of anyone who is working directly on this kind of thing,
but social media is and will be an issue with which leaders in the field of
societal documentation strategies are confronted. <SPAN
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face=Arial size=2>Helen Samuels comes to mind. Terry Cook is currently finishing
up a feschrift book in Helen's honor (I have a chapter) that I guess
should be out (SAA) later this year. Though, to my knowledge, her writings
predate social networking, her conceptualization of the whole subj, of
documenting society -- esp in the first chapter of <EM><SPAN
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face=Arial size=2>Varsity Letters:</FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>Documenting
Modern Colleges and Universities</FONT></SPAN></EM><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=2> (Metuchen N.J.: Society of</FONT> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>American Archivists and Scarecrow Press, 1992) -- would not exclude such
media, given her top-down functional analysis approach to gazillions of records.
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face=Arial size=2>Regards, </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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