Digital Collecting

While most places are still shut down or running on limited capacity, many institutions are having to put more focus on collecting digital materials. This can include:

• Images such as photographs, memes, or screen captures

• Videos

• Oral histories

• Related links

• Other files including emails, texts, announcements, etc.

The University of London's Oral History Society put together a guide, Interviewing at a Distance, in response to the pandemic. The guide covers how to determine is the interview should happen now or be pushed back to a later date, legal concerns, and options for recording.

The Society of American Archivists put together a resource kit, Documenting in Times of Crisis. While the resource is in response to the pandemic, it has a lot of useful information for digital collecting in general. Some resources, such as emotional support, can be used when collecting for anything surrounding any difficult subject matter. While other resources cover legal documentation for digital collecting such as terms of service or digital deed of gift templates.