When I first think of corporate writing, I think writing for business or money. corporate writing is writting generated by a corporation or company. In other words, business related writing. Some examples include company emails, reports, proposals etc.
When searching for a company, I literally typed in company websites into Google. But then I referred back to the websites on the syllabus and searched something closer along those lines. I stumbled upon the The Lesbian Herstory Archives. It’s a New York City-based archive, community center, and museum that preserves lesbian history. Located in Park Slope, Brooklyn, the archive contains the world’s largest collection of materials by and about lesbians. Their website provides a brief history of the archives and how to use their website to access virtual tours, newsletters, and credits for the archive coordinators and website creators.It’s like its corporate writing that contains more corporate writing, I really liked the layout and colors. The credits are what stood out to me the most. It’s not so often we see website creators receiving credit on the homepage of company websites. I also like the structure and how certain words are highlighted to lead to other links within the website. It’s pretty informative, but it seems like you don’t actually have to go to the location to get all the information. I’m not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. But overall, I can see how corporate writing is a little more structured and geared more towards informing.
I decided to answer all of the questions using three different links provided on the syllabus. I explored all of them and answered the remaining question according to all sites!
What contribution does it make to scholarship?
The Walt Whitman archive provides real published works essential to scholarship. It also contains letters and resources.
What is being done with this project that could not be done in print-based scholarship?
The archive contains audio for the portraits and photos. There is also a link attached to support the archive.
Is the purpose of the site/project/archive clearly articulated?
The purpose of the site is not clearly articulated. The home page just contains updates but no background on the purpose.
How can you use it for your research?
You can use the UCL transcribe Bentham for research. Specifically for current research. The blog posts are chronologically up to date containing statistics and transcripts as well.
Is it aesthetically pleasing? Is it searchable? Static?
I think the blog is rather simplistic. The colors are kind of dark and dull. I think it could use some more pictures as well.
Who are the authors/contributors? What are their roles?
The author of this blog is not clear but Transcribe Bentham is an participatory initiative based in the Bentham Project at University College London. Its aim is to engage the public in the online transcription of original and unstudied manuscript papers written by Jeremy Bentham.
Is it a collaborative project?
I’m not sure if this is a collaborative project but I’m assuming that the library has to receive access to these books from somewhere so in a sense, yes it is collaborative.
Who is the primary audience?
The primary audience would be researchers or people who love to read.
What are the strengths? What are the weaknesses?
I would say the strengths of this website are the books they provide and the sources they use clearly stated at the bottom. I think the weakness is the layout of the website. I think a little renovation will help it look more inviting and modern.
Is the site easy to navigate? ( This goes for all websites).
- I think all of the sites were pretty easy to navigate.
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