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Digital libraries and the social web: collections and platforms
Exploring Digital Libraries: Foundations, Practice, Prospects (2013)
  • Karen Calhoun, Cornell University Library
Abstract

This preprint of chapter 10 of Exploring Digital Libraries continues the consideration of digital libraries’ responses to the social web. It builds on the visual framework introduced in chapter 9 to consider the transition of digital collections to platforms that align well with how people find information, work and play on the social web; are highly visible and invite interaction; and re-mix and re-use data from other sources. The chapter closes with some thoughts about future digital libraries and libraries’ digital future.

This preprint's final and definitive form was co-published in Exploring Digital Libraries: Foundations, Practice, Prospects by Facet Publishing (2014) and ALA Neal-Schuman (2014).

Keywords
  • citizen participation,
  • online social networks,
  • cultural heritage,
  • discoverability,
  • linked data
Publication Date
September 16, 2013
Publisher
Karen Calhoun
Citation Information
Calhoun, Karen. “Digital libraries and the social web: collections and platforms.” Preprint of chapter 10, submitted 16 September 2013. In Exploring Digital Libraries: Foundations, Practice, Prospects