Archivists Blog: A Content Analysis and Discussion of Blogs Maintained By Archives
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- February 28, 2019
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Merron, Jeffrey L.
- Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
- Abstract
- Individual archivists and archives as institutions have used weblogs, or blogs, as tools to communicate a wide variety of information since approximately 2002. The blogs, which have generally been considered an informal means of communication, have varying target audiences (often unstated) and also differ greatly in subject matter, organization, frequency and length of posts, the integration (or not) of user comments, and many other characteristics. This paper discusses the development of blogs in general and blogs created by libraries and archives in particular. It then presents a content analysis performed on a sample of 20 blogs maintained by archives. Finally, it examines the results of the content analysis in the context of the potential uses and benefits of blogs and suggests further research on the topic.
- Date of publication
- November 15, 2011
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- In Copyright
- Advisor
- Lee, Christopher
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Language
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- 42
- Deposit record
- abb1808a-3405-4d7b-866b-f35807dc08b2
- Access right
- Open access
- Date uploaded
- March 6, 2013
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