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University of Maryland, iSchool

Archive-It Partner Since: Oct, 2012

Organization Type: Colleges & Universities

Organization URL: https://ischool.umd.edu   

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College of Information Studies, University of Maryland

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Baltimore Historic Sites

Archived since: Nov, 2012

Description:

Websites with information on historic sites in Baltimore.

Subject:   Society & Culture

DUST Alternate Reality Game: Planetary Science

Archived since: Mar, 2015

Description:

Web sites associated with the alternate reality game DUST and how it relates to planetary science.

Subject:   Blogs & Social Media Science & Health,  Society & Culture ,  Planetary Science

Group 1: Vote for Our Lives

Archived since: Apr, 2018

Description:

This project seeks to document the intersection of the March for Our Lives and voter registration and engagement. While we document the event itself and responses to it, we focus on the ways in which March for Our Lives organizers, speakers, and participants used the event to advocate for change through the democratic process, specifically voter registration and rallying young people to use their votes to influence lawmakers and gun policy. This work was conducted by three MLIS students (Emily Flint, Adam Gray, Andrew Staton) for a graduate class, LBSC785: Documentation, Collection, and Appraisal of Records, taught by Professor Ricardo Punzalan and Amy Wicker, at the University of Maryland, College Park, in Spring 2018.

Subject:   Politics & Elections,  Society & Culture ,  Blogs & Social Media

Joss Whedon

Archived since: Nov, 2012

Description:

Joss Whedon is a popular culture icon. His various television series (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and Dollhouse, among others) and other projects have garnered a hugely loyal fan base, with numerous fan projects, including fan fiction, fan art, and various websites. Whedon has not only inspired fans; his huge popularity and that of his works has been studied by various scholars as well. However, to gain a complete understanding of why exactly Whedon has so captured the popular imagination, it is important to have access to the various websites about him and with which he interacts. Towards that end, this collection was created to preserve some of those websites and websites with examples of his popularity and how he has infiltrated popular culture.

Subject:   Society & Culture ,  Arts & Humanities Blogs & Social Media Science fiction television programs Superhero television programs Popular Culture Television/Production and direction Television authorship Action television programs

Nobel Prize in Literature

Archived since: Nov, 2012

Description:

Includes websites from the Nobel Prize Organization, leading early-21st century news sources, multi-media sources (including video), social media (or public interaction) sites, and blogs (web logs or online diaries), published in both English and German, on the history and current discussion regarding the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Subject:   Arts & Humanities,  Society & Culture ,  Nobel Prizes--History Nobel Prizes--Biography Nobel Prizes

Signs at March for Our Lives on Twitter, Flickr, and Pinterest

Archived since: Apr, 2018

Description:

“Signs at March for Our Lives on Twitter, Flickr, and Pinterest” was created by Jenny Siegel, Tracy Ritenour and Eric Hung. It began as a class project for LBSC 785: "Documentation, Collection, and Appraisal of Records," taught by Ricardo L. Punzalan and Amy Wickner. Our purpose was to archive something that represented the emotional impact of the marches on the public and people who were directly impacted by gun violence. We felt that hand-made signs have two types of value: (1) they can reveal the motivations of the participants and the various political views represented at the March; and (2) they have aesthetic value because the majority are handmade by the marchers. We chose to archive posts on Twitter, Flickr and Pinterest because the three platforms are used by different audiences: Flickr is used by older audiences and people who are interested in photography; Twitter skews younger, but is also used by major news organizations and corporations; and Pinterest is used by more women. For the actual crawls, we searched for posts that used the word “sign” plus one of the two main hashtags, which were utilized by marchers, #March4OurLives and #MarchforOurLives. We decided against using the term “poster” because our initial searches showed that most of the images we found were printed by sponsoring non-profits.

Subject:   Blogs & Social Media Politics & Elections,  Society & Culture ,  March for Our Lives protest signs

The Hobbit Movie Release

Archived since: Nov, 2012

Description:

Sites providing news, information and fan discussion of the release of The Hobbit movie (December 14, 2012)

Subject:   Society & Culture ,  Blogs & Social Media The Hobbit The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Entertainment Film Motion pictures--Release

Twilight Fansites

Archived since: Nov, 2012

Description:

Includes fan websites for the Twilight movie/book series just before, during, and after the release of the final movie, Breaking Dawn, Part 2.

Subject:   Arts & Humanities,  Society & Culture ,  Blogs & Social Media Popular Culture Film Studies

Urban Farming

Archived since: Nov, 2012

Description:

Websites describing the urban gardening movement. Includes newspapers, magazines, blogs, and individual community garden sites. These sites offer practical information on how to create a urban garden as well as the social and environmental impact these gardens have.

Subject:   Society & Culture ,  Science & Health Arts & Humanities Agriculture Urban Gardening Community Gardens Vegetable Gardening Sustainable agriculture

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