[Libs-Or] Twitter - archiving

[Liz Paulus]

To libs-or

Regarding Twitter and legal requirements for document retention. Interesting question, and certainly not settled....

And yes, it is possible to archive Twitter -

To learn a bit more, you can follow leads from these two blog posts - David Pogue of the NYTimes just used www.twitoaster.com for his new book.

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/tools-for-twitter/?scp=1&sq=twitter%20archiving&st=cse

An older post, but with some commentary and links on the topic, March 2009:

http://digitalarchiving.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/archiving-twitter/

The software and platforms are volatile and changing rapidly - case law and administrative rules will always be behind

Liz Paulus

Reference Librarian / Adult Services
Cedar Mill Community Library
http://cedarmill.org/library
Part of WCCLS - www.wccls.org
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