Public Library: A Place for the Digital Community Archive

This article will explore the possibility of public libraries as organizational homes for digital community archives. The overarching goal is to establish a case for public libraries developing digital community archives that are participatory in nature and which emphasize born digital items rather than digitized physical items. This discussion follows my own research and experience in this area to include aspects related to personal information management, social media and the personal archive, the accidental community archive, and that public libraries focus on communities ’ current events and individuals rather than solely on events and persons from the past