ephemera
Sign in to savethumb|A historical example of ephemera Ephemera () are items which were not originally designed to be retained or preserved, but have been collected or retained. The word is both plural and singular.
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11 sectionsContents
- Etymology and categorisation
- Forms
- Printed ephemera
- Digital ephemera
- Collecting
- Academia
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|A historical example of ephemera Ephemera () are items which were not originally designed to be retained or preserved, but have been collected or retained. The word is both plural and singular.
One definition for ephemera is "the minor transient documents of everyday life". Ephemera are often paper-based, printed items, including menus, ticket stubs, newspapers, postcards, posters, sheet music, stickers, and greeting cards. However, since the 1990s, the term has been used to refer to digital artefacts or texts.