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Library Technology Reports, October 2014 (50:7)
"So far, dear librarian, we have come to you … But now, the Internet, reverses this. We ask Google. We ask friends or our social networks where and how to find information … So if you don't make yourself available, interceptable in a way that displays and showcases all that wonderful knowledge, without requiring every single person to come and ask you in person and by voice, you are really doing a disservice, not just to us, but to yourself."
--Robin Good, creator of Mastering New Media
Social media allows you to scale up a core librarian practice—connecting your community to information and learning--across geographic boundaries, 24/7. Addressing "curation" as the term is used colloquially, this issue of Library Technology Reports draws from 17 in-depth interviews to show how libraries are using social media to collect, organize, share, and interpret—in short, how to tell a digital story to a specific audience. Additionally the authors use data, collected through an online survey that encompassed all library types, to offer a snapshot of this important "collecting-connecting-curating-contributing" practice. Also included is an annotated directory covering 66 tools for social media curation, organized by category with links to the websites.
Chapter 1 - Introduction
What Is Curation?
Purpose of This Project
How We Use the New Tools
What's In It for Our Stakeholders?
Notes
Chapter 2 - Survey Results
Who Took the Survey?
The Work of Curation
Chapter 3 - Curation in Public Libraries
Billy Parrott, NYPL Picture Collection (April 4, 2014)
Amy Sonnie and Meredith Sires, Oakland Public Library TeenZone (February 24, 2014)
Beyond the Conversations
Note
Chapter 4 - Curation in School Libraries
Curation for Students
Curation for Students and by Students
Beyond the Conversations
Notes
Chapter 5 - Curation in Special Libraries
Marcia Mardis, National Science Digital Library (February 21, 2014)
Debbie Judy and Mary Jo Lazun, Maryland State Law Library (April 28, 2014)
Leslie Farmer, California State University, Long Beach (February 27, 2014)
Library of Congress and Digital Preservation
Digital Public Library of America: Luis Hererra (April 18, 2014) and Dan Cohen (May 12, 2014)
Beyond the Conversations
Notes
Chapter 6 - Curation in Academic Libraries
Erika Bennett, Capella University (September 16, 2013)
Crystal Renfro and Mary Axford, Georgia Institute of Technology (April 1, 2014)
Academic PKM: A Study of the Scholarly Research Cycle and Information Practices
Beyond the Conversations
Chapter 7 - Curation outside the Library World
Robin Good, Master New Media (March 19, 2014)
Harold Jarche (March 18, 2014)
Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano (May 10, 2014)
Beyond the Conversations
Notes
Chapter 8 - Curation Platforms
Real-Time Curation
Hybrid Curation
Digital Content Management Systems and Tools
For New Updates
Learning Playlists and Dashboards
Social Bookmarking and Note Archiving
Academic Social Research
Media Curation
Notes
Chapter 9 - Conclusion: Issues and Trends
Social Media Curation Is a Thing
Keeping It Fresh
It's Real Professional Work (but Maybe Not a Completely Sanctioned Activity)
Issues with Free and the Poof Factor
The Other Side of Free
Controlling(?) the Institutional Message
Copyright, Fair Use, and Credit
Can Librarians Over-curate?
Authority, Transparency, and Can We Curate Too Narrowly?
Avoiding Silos
Final Thoughts
Notes
Chapter 10 - Resources and Glossary
Articles, Presentations, and Blog Posts
Books
Webinar
Blogs about Curation
Glossary
Notes