How do I know that the content of the Mason Basketball Digital Memory Bank is factual?
Every submission to the Mason Basketball Digital Memory Bankeven those that are erroneous, misleading, or dubiouscontributes in some way to the historical record. A misleading individual account, for example, could reveal certain personal and emotional aspects of the event that would otherwise be lost in a strict authentication and appraisal process. That said, most people who take the time to submit something to the Digital Memory Bank share the goal of its organizersthat is, to create a reliable and permanent record of responses to the Mason 2005-2006 basketball seasonand therefore most contributions are authentic. Nevertheless, as with any historical sources (including, for example, newspaper accounts), there are always questions about reliability, and all researchers need to evaluate their sources critically. It is for this reason that the Memory Bank harvests metadata from every contributorincluding name, email address, zip code, date receivedand suggests that these metadata be ex
