Open Web and Social Frameworks: the Libraries New Frontier to Accomplish Their Social and Cultural Mission
(0) The Internet has become an integral component of the lifestyle of popular culture, as it moves further into a personalized, socialized, and collaborative virtual space. This trend has blurred the notions of content, regarding the role of consumers versus creators in the Web space. In point, the participation in online content and metadata creation (i. e. reviews, rating, etc. ) has been influencing content consumption. Also, the deepening of the role of crowdsourcing and API usage has been pushing the Web into the paradigm of an Open Web. Many organizations strive to open up their networks as user platforms, share their data via APIs, and actively adopt open standards, aiming to broaden their user base, while also giving users much more convenience and freedom to consume information. This trend provides an unprecedented opportunity for libraries in the Open Web to accomplish their educational, social, and cultural missions. This article will propose the interweaving of social frameworks within the library context to engage users in the participation of workflows, and offer new models to include user-generated content. It will also identify the common principles of the Open Web and the libraries, and to advocate the importance of libraries to become agents of open content. We will provide a case study, from the UCLA Librarys Simul8 Group, of the iCon project; a new collection process, crowdsourcing, and user curation web framework. The iCon project exemplifies how libraries may integrate into the online lifestyles of users, and transform from a location-based operation, to a web-centered venue.
Zheng (John) Wang Fei Liu Kevin Rundblad
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
国际会议
杭州
英文
480-490
2010-08-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）