Ethics, sustainability and the challenge of digital curation for a real-time archive

Katie Romabiles, Amanda Lanthorne, Arel Lucas and Lisa Lamont
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Katie Romabiles: San Diego State University Library, USA
Amanda Lanthorne: San Diego State University Library, USA
Arel Lucas: University of Southern California Digital Library, USA
Lisa Lamont: San Diego State University Library, USA

Journal of Digital Media Management, 2020, vol. 9, issue 1, 63-70

Abstract: As immigration became a divisive topic in the USA, Allies to End Detention, a group of dedicated community activists, began writing to would-be immigrants held in detention centres. Understanding the importance of the information in the letters, the Allies asked the San Diego State University Library to archive the growing collection and to make the redacted letters accessible online. They hoped the letters would influence public opinion and possibly impact government policies. This paper outlines the issues with real-time sensitive archives, the complex workflow and the reasons why the collection was eventually removed from public access.

Keywords: archives; online libraries; immigration; community activism; risk assessment; ethics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M11 M15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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