Community collections and the power of the crowd : JISC

Community collections and the power of the crowd

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Session presentation Galaxy zoo Afron Smith, University of Oxford

Session presentation A history of the world Katherine Campbell, BBC

Session presentation Community collections and the power of the crowd Kate Lindsay, Learning Technologies Group, University of Oxford

Session presentation JISC - communities: The rise of the local web and crowd based communities of public information William Perrin, Government web innovator and community activist
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Session abstract
Engaging with new communities of users and contributors is fast becoming an important strategic factor in planning the creation and development of online resources and content. Facebook, Flickr and YouTube have radically altered our perceptions of who can develop, curate and contribute to digital, online content. This radical approach to research and academic projects is helping change the way that all of us interact and integrate with online digital content. The use of social networking sites and technologies has enabled new users and communities to engage with diverse and exciting content, and ensuring a presence in the online spaces that we already inhabit and are familiar with. This session will explore and discuss the issues and benefits that surround both using the ‘crowd’ within the creation and enhancement of digital content, and how personal and community contributions are mediated and engaged with by academic and educational institutions.
Session Chair Catherine Grout, Programme Director e-Content, JISC Speakers Kate Lindsay, University of Oxford (World War One poetry digital archive) Arfon Smith, University of Oxford (Galaxy Zoo) William Perrin, Government web innovator and community activist Katherine Campbell, BBC (A history of the world)
What can delegates expect to learn/gain/take away from the session? How institutions can better engage with and become more inclusive with the communities within which they exist. This seminar will not only give practical demonstrations of how projects have managed to engage with wide communities of interested parties, but also how this interaction can help enrich and enliven academic collections and resources. Delegates will also be able to take away a guide that helps set down some of the lessons and tips taken from the presentations and projects.
Who should attend? Project directors and managers, academics, librarians and IT staff.
Room Fleming, 3rd floor

Session abstract

Engaging with new communities of users and contributors is fast becoming an important strategic factor in planning the creation and development of online resources and content.

Facebook, Flickr and YouTube have radically altered our perceptions of who can develop, curate and contribute to digital, online content. This radical approach to research and academic projects is helping change the way that all of us interact and integrate with online digital content. The use of social networking sites and technologies has enabled new users and communities to engage with diverse and exciting content, and ensuring a presence in the online spaces that we already inhabit and are familiar with.

This session will explore and discuss the issues and benefits that surround both using the ‘crowd’ within the creation and enhancement of digital content, and how personal and community contributions are mediated and engaged with by academic and educational institutions.

Session Chair

Catherine Grout, Programme Director e-Content, JISC

Speakers

Kate Lindsay, University of Oxford (World War One poetry digital archive)
Arfon Smith, University of Oxford (Galaxy Zoo)
William Perrin, Government web innovator and community activist
Katherine Campbell, BBC (A history of the world)

What can delegates expect to learn/gain/take away from the session?

How institutions can better engage with and become more inclusive with the communities within which they exist.

This seminar will not only give practical demonstrations of how projects have managed to engage with wide communities of interested parties, but also how this interaction can help enrich and enliven academic collections and resources.

Delegates will also be able to take away a guide that helps set down some of the lessons and tips taken from the presentations and projects.

Who should attend?

Project directors and managers, academics, librarians and IT staff.

Room

Fleming, 3rd floor

JISC