Documenting the Now/ Social Media
What are they Trying to do?
- Documenting the Now develops open source tools and community-centered practices that support ethical collection, use, and content shared on Web and Social Media.
- Documenting the Now builds open-source tools to help researchers.
- Helps develop community practices that supports ethical preservation when working with social media content.
DOC-NOW
- Doc-Now is a software tool designed to capture, archive, and manage digital content in real-time ensuring the preservation of important documents, data, and information for future reference analysis.
Twark
- Twark is a tool that is used that facilitates the collection and preservation of tweets related to significant events or social movements, contributing to the documentation of digital culture and history.
Evaluation: Project Goals
Does this Reflect Best Practices?
YES, through the methodology with these tools, they emphasize collaboration, community engagement, and the promotion of open access to archived materials establishing best practices in digital humanities and archival research.