Why Collecting History is Web 1.5
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2009-03
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Brennan, Sheila A.
Kelly, Mills
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Abstract
This case study offers insights into collecting and preserving history online that the team from the Center for History and New Media learned from building the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (http://hurricanearchive.org). The essay demonstrates how others can create digital collections that encourage public participation without losing the integrity of evidence collected or compromising the privacy of a contributor.
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Crowdsourcing, Digital archives, Natural disasters, Digital history