Archives

So I haven't made a post in awhile. Oops

Basically what I have done in the last month between 396 and 396 has consumed my life with mass media. One thing I have found very interesting was the reasearch for my 496 paper based on The Comment, Bridgewater State College's student-run newspaper. As I have sat in the archives for hours upon end I realized that it is extremely fascinating that they still hold on to all of those records.

I have always heard about going to a large library like the Boston Public Library and finding the back issues of the Boston Globe to do research but I never realized how useful it would be for them to save all of the published issues.

What became more fascinating to me was how most archives are also published online. I sat in the little classroom on the third floor of the library with the print issue in my hand while looking at the same article on the computer screen. I still feel that you can't beat looking through the original copy but it does make research convenient to not have to leave your home to find an old article.