Archiving Social Media: a Comparative Study of the Practices, Obstacles, and Opportunities Related to the Development of Social Media Archives

该研究项目建议对已经参与或计划长期保存社交媒体内容的国家和国际文化遗产机构和利益攸关方进行比较研究。作为数据、对象和人类互动的数字集合，社交媒体具有独特的文化价值，因为它提供了对国际、国家和家庭历史、社会趋势、政治和经济事务的特权洞察。在过去的十年中，档案员和信息专业人员在将社交媒体存档的实践中取得了长足的进步，但很明显，在处理、保存和长期获取这些数据方面，他们仍然面临着巨大的挑战。该项目旨在通过分析和比较信息专业人员和其他利益攸关方的直接经验，促进有关文化遗产机构所面临的与社交媒体存档和社交媒体保存未来相关的各种问题的辩论，最终旨在为即将开展的项目确定最佳做法和指导方针。

The research project proposes to conduct a comparative study of national and international cultural heritage institutions and stakeholders that are either already involved with, or are planning to undertake the long-term preservation of social media content. As a digital assemblage of data, objects and human interactions, social media holds a unique cultural value as it offers privileged insight on to international, national and family history, social trends, politics and economic matters. In the last decade, archivists and information professionals have come a long way in the practice of archiving social media, but it is clear that they are still facing significant challenges when it comes to processing, preserving and providing access to this data for the long-term.This project aims to contribute to the debate about the manifold issues faced by cultural heritage institutions concerned with the archiving of social media and the future of social media preservation by analysing and comparing the direct experience of information professionals and other stakeholders, aiming ultimately to define best practices and guidelines for upcoming projects.