Created on 2010-11-01 00:00:00
Projected End Date: 2012-03-00
Title: Online News Archiving
Description: Explore the current state of mainstream national online news websites in Canada (CBC, CTV, etc). Identify challenges and limitations in accessing archival material on these sites. Compare content scraped and stored by our researchers to content available 1 week, 1 month and 1 year later.
Assess impact of disappearing news content on public discourse. Make recommendations to National Archivist of Canada based on our findings.
Assessment: White paper making recommendations for policy surrounding the need for archiving of national news websites.
Revised on 2011-11-11 10:47:57
Projected End Date: 2012-03-00
Title: Online News Archiving
Description: Project LEader: Lisa Lynch
Explore the current state of mainstream national online news websites in Canada (CBC, CTV, etc). Identify challenges and limitations in accessing archival material on these sites. Compare content scraped and stored by our researchers to content available 1 week, 1 month and 1 year later.
Assess impact of disappearing news content on public discourse. Make recommendations to National Archivist of Canada based on our findings.
Assessment: White paper making recommendations for policy surrounding the need for archiving of national news websites.
Revised on 2011-11-11 10:48:27
Projected End Date: 2012-03-00
Title: Online News Archiving
Description: Project LEader: Lisa Lynch Project Co-Leader: Sam Trosow
Explore the current state of mainstream national online news websites in Canada (CBC, CTV, etc). Identify challenges and limitations in accessing archival material on these sites. Compare content scraped and stored by our researchers to content available 1 week, 1 month and 1 year later.
Assess impact of disappearing news content on public discourse. Make recommendations to National Archivist of Canada based on our findings.
Assessment: White paper making recommendations for policy surrounding the need for archiving of national news websites.
Revised on 2011-12-18 11:45:13
Projected End Date: 2012-03-00
Title: Online News Archiving
Description: Project LEader: Lisa Lynch Project Co-Leader: Sam Trosow
Explore the current state of mainstream national online news websites in Canada (CBC, CTV, etc). Identify challenges and limitations in accessing archival material on these sites. Compare content scraped and stored by our researchers to content available 1 week, 1 month and 1 year later.
Assess impact of disappearing news content on public discourse. Make recommendations to National Archivist of Canada based on our findings.
Assessment: White paper making recommendations for policy surrounding the need for archiving of national news websites.
Comment: I funded RA to assist Lisa Lynch. My RA, Alex Hayter, completed lit review and handed off to Lisa.
Revised on 2011-12-18 11:46:48
Projected End Date: 2012-03-00
Title: Online News Archiving
Description: Project Leader: Lisa Lynch Project Co-Leader: Sam Trosow
Explore the current state of mainstream national online news websites in Canada (CBC, CTV, etc). Identify challenges and limitations in accessing archival material on these sites. Compare content scraped and stored by our researchers to content available 1 week, 1 month and 1 year later.
Assess impact of disappearing news content on public discourse. Make recommendations to National Archivist of Canada based on our findings.
Assessment: White paper making recommendations for policy surrounding the need for archiving of national news websites.
Comment: Our work on digital archiving is quite timely, occurring at a moment in which a robust international conversation about digital archiving is complemented at the national level by a deep concern within the media industry about how to create sustainable archives of digital material. As well, our project reflects concerns in the Canadian archival community — not only at Library and Archives Canada, but among academic researchers around the country — that if Canada is to continue to maintain archives of material of national import, new policies and strategies need to be developed that reflect the increasing pervasiveness of born-digital materials. What makes our research particularly compelling is its twinned focus on the legal and practical realities of archive creation.
My HQP, Ernest Hoffman, has been conducting research with implications for both DIGILAB and NEWS, speaking with programmers, archivists, editors, and information technology specialists at Canadian media outlets to gather background information on media archiving practices as well as the staffing and labor concerns inherent in media archiving. These interviews have required that he establish a high-level understanding of how media outlets design, publish, and archive content on news platforms. In addition, he has been learning how to write up research results. Ernest is applying for doctoral study in communications and the research training and mentoring has proved quite valuable.
C. Networking and Partnerships
As I am conducting research while on parental leave this year, I have not been able to attend many networking events. Next year, when our research is at a more advanced stage, I plan to be far more active in the GRAND community . Despite my limited ability to travel and meet with GRAND researchers this year, our project would not have been possible without the coordination between the University of Western Ontario and Concordia University. Samuel Trosow is an expert in the copyright issues, archival issues, and digital labor issues. I myself have expertise in the labor issues within the media industry during a moment of digital transition, as well as in the way in which internet infrastructure, internet governance, and media policy shape Canadian media industry practices.
D. Knowledge and Technology Exchange and Exploitation
My study of digital labor issues in Canadian newsrooms is almost ready to be presented to its receptor community — the group of scholars and practitioners interested in the global evolution of the newsroom. I plan to present this April at the International Symposium on Online Journalism and also to submit results for publication in Journalism Practice, the journal of interest to this community. Our plan is to involve different receptor communities with our archiving project at different stages of the work\'s completion. In early 2012, we hope to establish contact with a number of scholars interested in legal and copyright issues, as well as CAUT. Next year, we intend to approach Library and Archives Canada as well as select Canadian media outlets, but we want to make sure we approach them at the most fruitful point in terms of our research completion goals.
Revised on 2011-12-18 11:47:02
Projected End Date: 2012-03-00
Title: Online News Archiving
Description: Project Leader: Lisa Lynch Project Co-Leader: Sam Trosow
Explore the current state of mainstream national online news websites in Canada (CBC, CTV, etc). Identify challenges and limitations in accessing archival material on these sites. Compare content scraped and stored by our researchers to content available 1 week, 1 month and 1 year later.
Assess impact of disappearing news content on public discourse. Make recommendations to National Archivist of Canada based on our findings.
Assessment: White paper making recommendations for policy surrounding the need for archiving of national news websites.
Comment: Our work on digital archiving is quite timely, occurring at a moment in which a robust international conversation about digital archiving is complemented at the national level by a deep concern within the media industry about how to create sustainable archives of digital material. As well, our project reflects concerns in the Canadian archival community — not only at Library and Archives Canada, but among academic researchers around the country — that if Canada is to continue to maintain archives of material of national import, new policies and strategies need to be developed that reflect the increasing pervasiveness of born-digital materials. What makes our research particularly compelling is its twinned focus on the legal and practical realities of archive creation.
My HQP, Ernest Hoffman, has been conducting research with implications for both DIGILAB and NEWS, speaking with programmers, archivists, editors, and information technology specialists at Canadian media outlets to gather background information on media archiving practices as well as the staffing and labor concerns inherent in media archiving. These interviews have required that he establish a high-level understanding of how media outlets design, publish, and archive content on news platforms. In addition, he has been learning how to write up research results. Ernest is applying for doctoral study in communications and the research training and mentoring has proved quite valuable.
C. Networking and Partnerships
As I am conducting research while on parental leave this year, I have not been able to attend many networking events. Next year, when our research is at a more advanced stage, I plan to be far more active in the GRAND community . Despite my limited ability to travel and meet with GRAND researchers this year, our project would not have been possible without the coordination between the University of Western Ontario and Concordia University. Samuel Trosow is an expert in the copyright issues, archival issues, and digital labor issues. I myself have expertise in the labor issues within the media industry during a moment of digital transition, as well as in the way in which internet infrastructure, internet governance, and media policy shape Canadian media industry practices.
D. Knowledge and Technology Exchange and Exploitation
My study of digital labor issues in Canadian newsrooms is almost ready to be presented to its receptor community — the group of scholars and practitioners interested in the global evolution of the newsroom. I plan to present this April at the International Symposium on Online Journalism and also to submit results for publication in Journalism Practice, the journal of interest to this community. Our plan is to involve different receptor communities with our archiving project at different stages of the work\'s completion. In early 2012, we hope to establish contact with a number of scholars interested in legal and copyright issues, as well as CAUT. Next year, we intend to approach Library and Archives Canada as well as select Canadian media outlets, but we want to make sure we approach them at the most fruitful point in terms of our research completion goals.
Revised on 2011-12-18 11:50:26
Projected End Date: 2012-03-00
Title: Online News Archiving
Description: Project Leader: Lisa Lynch Project Co-Leader: Sam Trosow
Explore the current state of mainstream national online news websites in Canada (CBC, CTV, etc). Identify challenges and limitations in accessing archival material on these sites. Compare content scraped and stored by our researchers to content available 1 week, 1 month and 1 year later.
Assess impact of disappearing news content on public discourse. Make recommendations to National Archivist of Canada based on our findings.
Assessment: White paper making recommendations for policy surrounding the need for archiving of national news websites.
Comment: Our work on digital archiving is quite timely, occurring at a moment in which a robust international conversation about digital archiving is complemented at the national level by a deep concern within the media industry about how to create sustainable archives of digital material. As well, our project reflects concerns in the Canadian archival community — not only at Library and Archives Canada, but among academic researchers around the country — that if Canada is to continue to maintain archives of material of national import, new policies and strategies need to be developed that reflect the increasing pervasiveness of born-digital materials. What makes our research particularly compelling is its twinned focus on the legal and practical realities of archive creation.
The research has mplications for both DIGILAB and NEWS, speaking with programmers, archivists, editors, and information technology specialists at Canadian media outlets to gather background information on media archiving practices as well as the staffing and labor concerns inherent in media archiving. These interviews have required that he establish a high-level understanding of how media outlets design, publish, and archive content on news platforms. In addition, he has been learning how to write up research results. Ernest is applying for doctoral study in communications and the research training and mentoring has proved quite valuable.
Revised on 2011-12-18 11:53:54
Projected End Date: 2013-03-00
Title: Online News Archiving
Description: Project Leader: Lisa Lynch Project Co-Leader: Sam Trosow
Explore the current state of mainstream national online news websites in Canada (CBC, CTV, etc). Identify challenges and limitations in accessing archival material on these sites. Compare content scraped and stored by our researchers to content available 1 week, 1 month and 1 year later.
Assess impact of disappearing news content on public discourse. Make recommendations to National Archivist of Canada based on our findings.
Assessment: White paper making recommendations for policy surrounding the need for archiving of national news websites.
Comment: Our work on digital archiving is quite timely, occurring at a moment in which a robust international conversation about digital archiving is complemented at the national level by a deep concern within the media industry about how to create sustainable archives of digital material. As well, our project reflects concerns in the Canadian archival community — not only at Library and Archives Canada, but among academic researchers around the country — that if Canada is to continue to maintain archives of material of national import, new policies and strategies need to be developed that reflect the increasing pervasiveness of born-digital materials. What makes our research particularly compelling is its twinned focus on the legal and practical realities of archive creation.
The research has mplications for both DIGILAB and NEWS, speaking with programmers, archivists, editors, and information technology specialists at Canadian media outlets to gather background information on media archiving practices as well as the staffing and labor concerns inherent in media archiving. These interviews have required that he establish a high-level understanding of how media outlets design, publish, and archive content on news platforms. In addition, he has been learning how to write up research results. Ernest is applying for doctoral study in communications and the research training and mentoring has proved quite valuable.
\"Digital labor issues in Canadian newsrooms\" is almost ready to be presented to its receptor community — the group of scholars and practitioners interested in the global evolution of the newsroom. I plan to present this April at the International Symposium on Online Journalism and also to submit results for publication in Journalism Practice, the journal of interest to this community. Our plan is to involve different receptor communities with our archiving project at different stages of the work\'s completion. In early 2012, we hope to establish contact with a number of scholars interested in legal and copyright issues, as well as CAUT. Next year, we intend to approach Library and Archives Canada as well as select Canadian media outlets, but we want to make sure we approach them at the most fruitful point in terms of our research completion goals.
Revised on 2011-12-18 11:53:59
Projected End Date: 2013-03-00
Title: Online News Archiving
Description: Project Leader: Lisa Lynch Project Co-Leader: Sam Trosow
Explore the current state of mainstream national online news websites in Canada (CBC, CTV, etc). Identify challenges and limitations in accessing archival material on these sites. Compare content scraped and stored by our researchers to content available 1 week, 1 month and 1 year later.
Assess impact of disappearing news content on public discourse. Make recommendations to National Archivist of Canada based on our findings.
Assessment: White paper making recommendations for policy surrounding the need for archiving of national news websites.
Comment: Our work on digital archiving is quite timely, occurring at a moment in which a robust international conversation about digital archiving is complemented at the national level by a deep concern within the media industry about how to create sustainable archives of digital material. As well, our project reflects concerns in the Canadian archival community — not only at Library and Archives Canada, but among academic researchers around the country — that if Canada is to continue to maintain archives of material of national import, new policies and strategies need to be developed that reflect the increasing pervasiveness of born-digital materials. What makes our research particularly compelling is its twinned focus on the legal and practical realities of archive creation.
The research has mplications for both DIGILAB and NEWS, speaking with programmers, archivists, editors, and information technology specialists at Canadian media outlets to gather background information on media archiving practices as well as the staffing and labor concerns inherent in media archiving. These interviews have required that he establish a high-level understanding of how media outlets design, publish, and archive content on news platforms. In addition, he has been learning how to write up research results. Ernest is applying for doctoral study in communications and the research training and mentoring has proved quite valuable.
\"Digital labor issues in Canadian newsrooms\" is almost ready to be presented to its receptor community — the group of scholars and practitioners interested in the global evolution of the newsroom. I plan to present this April at the International Symposium on Online Journalism and also to submit results for publication in Journalism Practice, the journal of interest to this community. Our plan is to involve different receptor communities with our archiving project at different stages of the work\'s completion. In early 2012, we hope to establish contact with a number of scholars interested in legal and copyright issues, as well as CAUT. Next year, we intend to approach Library and Archives Canada as well as select Canadian media outlets, but we want to make sure we approach them at the most fruitful point in terms of our research completion goals.
