{"title":"Archiving Electronic Literature: Selection Criteria, Methodology, and Challenges","authors":"Dene Grigar","doi":"10.1080/15332748.2019.1609310","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Electronic Literature Lab (ELL) contains over 300 works of born digital literature collected over the last 25 years. It is the largest single personal collection of this kind of media. Moreover, the lab has become the hub of archival activity for the Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) and is the site for the development of the organization’s repository where the fifteen collections of electronic literature owned or managed by the ELO will be preserved. This essay discusses the archival practices of ELL, focusing on its criteria for selecting works to archive and challenges it faces when working with digital media that is participatory, experiential, and interactive.","PeriodicalId":35382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archival Organization","volume":"15 1","pages":"20 - 33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15332748.2019.1609310","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Archival Organization","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332748.2019.1609310","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract The Electronic Literature Lab (ELL) contains over 300 works of born digital literature collected over the last 25 years. It is the largest single personal collection of this kind of media. Moreover, the lab has become the hub of archival activity for the Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) and is the site for the development of the organization’s repository where the fifteen collections of electronic literature owned or managed by the ELO will be preserved. This essay discusses the archival practices of ELL, focusing on its criteria for selecting works to archive and challenges it faces when working with digital media that is participatory, experiential, and interactive.
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The Journal of Archival Organization is an international journal encompassing all aspects of the arrangement, description, and provision of access to all forms of archival materials. Articles on processing techniques and procedures, preparation of finding aids, and cataloging of archival and manuscript collections in accordance with MARC, AACR2, and other rules, standards, and cataloging conventions are only part of what you"ll find in this refereed/peer-reviewed publication. The journal places emphasis on emerging technologies, applications, and standards that range from Encoded Archival Description (EAD) and methods of organizing archival collections for access on the World Wide Web to issues connected with the digitization and display of archival materials.