Preserving personal social media accounts, now and into the future

Authors

  • Valerie Love

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/arch.10360

Keywords:

Social media archiving, Facebook, Alexander Turnbull Library

Abstract

This article advises on a framework for saving ephemeral digital memories shared via social media. Provides a list of things to consider and be aware of, including legal regulations, as well as giving an overview of the practice of collecting Facebook content at the Alexander Turnbull Library.

Metadata reused from the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa under a CC BY 4.0 license.

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Author Biography

Valerie Love

Valerie Love (she or they) is the Kaipupuri Pūranga Matihiko Matua Senior Digital Archivist at the Alexander Turnbull Library, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa National Library of New Zealand, and is responsible for the transfer, ingest and management of born-digital heritage collections. They also served as co-ordinator for the Library’s Covid-19 collecting working group, focusing on the acquisition of social media content. Prior to moving to Aotearoa in 2011, Valerie worked as Curator for Human Rights Collections at the University of Connecticut, USA.

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Published

2020-01-01

Issue

2020

Section

Articles