Comments on: Information Needs and Trends http://www.knightblog.org/information-needs-and-trends Informed and engaged communities. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:23:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Juliana Tillema http://www.knightblog.org/information-needs-and-trends/comment-page-1#comment-134 Juliana Tillema Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:25:51 +0000 http://www.knightblog.org/?p=787#comment-134 I get a lot of my local news from MinnPost and think it's a great resource. I thought this recent commentary from MinnPost on the difficulty of archiving online news and information, particularly blogs, was very thought provoking. The author's bottom line? Preserving work on paper (including work that originally appeared online only) is necessary in order to maintain a historical record. http://www.minnpost.com/community_voices/2009/04/03/7808/digital_media_and_the_coming_gap_in_the_historical_record What do you think? I get a lot of my local news from MinnPost and think it's a great resource. I thought this recent commentary from MinnPost on the difficulty of archiving online news and information, particularly blogs, was very thought provoking. The author's bottom line? Preserving work on paper (including work that originally appeared online only) is necessary in order to maintain a historical record.

http://www.minnpost.com/community_voices/2009/04/03/7808/digital_media_and_the_coming_gap_in_the_historical_record

What do you think?

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