The part of me that wants to preserve history and be an archivist says 'Yay!' 
when I read that the Library of Congress is going to preserve all of 
the 'tweets' out there.  After all, a lot of people (myself included) use Twitter, 
and it will help future researchers understand our culture today.

However, combine THIS listserv thread with the one that's been going on 
about social media and records retetention, and especially this statement:

"And when asked if there should be a records retention law  that requires 
websites and advertising companies to delete all stored information about an 
individual -- 92% answered Yes."

Well, now don't we have the LoC doing something incompatible with what the 
majority of people want?  

Furthermore, companies and governments that have retention schedules 
saying that 'Correspondence' or 'Memos' or whatever are to be destroyed after 
a certain length of time...well, guess what?  There's always going to be a 
copy of that tweet.  It is always going to be discoverable.  I've been trying to 
determine if only legitimate researchers will have access to the archive, or if it 
will be usable by the general public...I haven't been able to find anything in my 
quick search.  Does anyone know if the LoC archive can be searched by the 
general public?

Kelly Hamilton, CRM
Records Analyst
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Phoenix, AZ, USA

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