Developing communities and collections with new media and information literacy
(2005) Developing communities and collections with new media and information literacy . In Fox, Edward A. and Neuhold, Erich J. and Premsmit, Pimrumpai and Wuwongse, Vilas, Eds. Proceedings 8th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries 3815, pages pp. 390-394, Bangkok.
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Abstract
As part of its many functions, the reference library is charged with developing both its collection and its user community. These two functions are sometimes pursued as separate initiatives (with separate funding) by library managers. In Australia, the State Library of Queensland (SLQ) is committed to an exciting policy of simultaneous collection development and community engagement by integrating public programs with new media technologies. SLQ’s Mobile Multimedia Laboratory is a purpose-designed portable digital creativity workshop which is made available to communities as a powerful platform to capture and disseminate local digital culture, and also to promote and train community members in information literacy. The Mobile Multimedia Laboratory facility operates in conjunction with SLQ’s Queensland Stories project, an exciting portal for the display and promotion of community co-created multimedia. Together, the Mobile Multimedia Laboratory and the Queensland Stories initiatives allow the SLQ to directly engage with existing and new communities, and also to increase its digital collection with community created content. Not only are both initiatives relatively cost-effective, they have a positive impact upon information literacy within the state.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper |
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| Status: | Published |
| Keywords: | Collection development, User communities, Community co-creation, Information literacy |
| Subjects: | 280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences > 280100 Information Systems > 280110 Systems Theory 280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences > 280100 Information Systems |
| ID Code: | 3980 |
| Deposited By: | Russo, Angelina |
| Deposited On: | 28 April 2006 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11599517_46 |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2005 Springer |
| Copyright Statement: | This is the author-version of the work. Conference proceedings published, by Springer Verlag, will be available via SpringerLink. http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/ Lecture Notes in Computer Science |