Library of Congress To Acquire Twitter Archive

What an interesting announcement from the Library of Congress! I wonder if the librarians in charge of organizing this archive will make any effort to organize it geographically (e.g. US and non-US) or catalogue it in some other way. In any case, this is a great example of how cultural institutions keep up with social media. I can see value in preserving the archive in its raw form, but some kind of finding aid or navigation tool would be extremely helpful especially for those that want to conduct research using the resource.

Curious to know more? You can read more about the announcement on the Library of Congress blog and also read why the US National Archives opted not to acquire the archive (short answer: they specialize in federal government records).

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