When I am selecting posts to share in my weekly
GeniAus Gems post on this blog one of the first things I do is to try and establish who has written whichever post I am recommending. This is sometimes quite difficult to ascertain.
During my training as a librarian years ago we were warned about
Anonymous works and were counselled to approach these with a degree of
scepticism. We were taught was that, during the process of
evaluating a work, we had to establish the
authority of the person who was the author of that work. When I am reading blogs I'm surprised at how difficult some bloggers make it for me to discover their identuty.
I know there are some reasons like child protection, witness protection programs etc for people to remain anonymous but I don't think all the anonymous bloggers I come across are in this category.
Do you like to know who has written what you are reading?As it's
Trove Tuesday I decided to see what articles about Anonymous I could find on
Trove so here goes.
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1935 'Anonymous.', The Australian Worker (Sydney, NSW : 1913 - 1950), 20 March, p. 19. , viewed 05 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146008427
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| 1923 'ANONYMOUS.', Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW : 1856 - 1950), 9 November, p. 2. , viewed 05 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133023171 |
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| 1918 'ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS.',Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW : 1914 - 1949), 4 September, p. 2. , viewed 05 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191058997 |
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| 1903 'ANONYMOUS.', The World's News (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 1955), 6 June, p. 23. , viewed 05 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128458994 |
Our local paper always required letters to the editor to have a name & signature even if published anonymously. What you forget over time! Worrying. At least your great post reminded me of this courtesy.
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