LIBR 287-05
LIBR 287-14
Seminar in Information Science
Topic: Participatory Service and Emerging Technologies
Fall 2011 Course Information
Michael Stephens
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Course Overview
Library scholars have noted the ongoing impact of technology on libraries and have called for a redesign of services to meet the evolving needs of users. Virtual communities have thrived online since the early 1980s. Social media sites are part of the next incarnation of the World Wide Web, where digital tools allow users to create, change, and publish dynamic content of all kinds. Other Web 2.0 tools syndicate and aggregate this content. The evolving Web and related emerging technologies are signifiers of a broader cultural shift: toward an open, collaborative and participatory society.
This course examines emerging technologies within a framework of participatory, hyperlinked library service: a model of creating, extending, updating and evaluating libraries via a user-centered approach.
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