The preservation of all digital content is not necessary

save only the essential of the media

Authors

  • Juan Carlos Marcos Recio
  • María Olivera Zaldua Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Juan Miguel Sánchez Vigil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54886/ibersid.v13i2.4615

Keywords:

digital content, digital preservation, digital newspapers, platforms, social networks, National Library of Spain, Library of Congress

Abstract

The enormous volume of production since the advent of digital technology has caused a disparity of criteria among documentalists, archivists and librarians when deciding which digital content should be preserved. Will any of the contents of Facebook be required in the future? Should Pinterest images, Instagram, be saved in full? What will happen to videos on YouTube, Vevo or Vimeo? And with the blue bird tweets? Or the personal and corporate data of LinkedIn? This work aims to reflect on digital content, on the amount of documents generated in digital platforms and newspapers, and on their conservation, based on proposals already underway such as those of the National Library of Spain or the Library of Congress . It is required that institutions take part in the content that is generated every day in social networks, interpret their value and manage such contents for the future

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Author Biography

María Olivera Zaldua, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Departamento de Biblioteconomía y Documentación

Facultad de Ciencias de la Documentación

Published

2019-10-09

How to Cite

Recio, J. C. M., Zaldua, M. O., & Vigil, J. M. S. (2019). The preservation of all digital content is not necessary: save only the essential of the media. Ibersid: Journal of Information and Documentation Systems (ISSNe 2174-081X; ISSN 1888-0967), 13(2), 31–38. https://doi.org/10.54886/ibersid.v13i2.4615

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