Community Technology Projects: Making Them Work - Softcover

Heller, Margaret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838918379 ISBN 13: 9780838918371

Verlag: AMER LIB ASSN, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

As a newly minted librarian, Heller volunteered at a grassroots independent library founded to bring together the work of disparate art communities of Chicago. Since then she has participated in many library technology communities with stints on boards, working groups, conference planning committees, and social media-based outreach. Grounded in her research of dozens of community tech projects, Heller presents a guide exploring how they work, how to get involved, and how to make them better. Library technology managers, grantmakers, scholars, and project managers will all benefit from Heller's incisive discussion of such topics as

• a historical overview, including the humble beginnings of OCLC and early library computerized cataloging projects, that offers lessons for today;
• how to find community needs that match your motivation;
• using personas to learn about community members;
• choosing a name and legal structure for a new community;
• five in-depth case studies, including Project Bamboo, Hathi Trust, and the Digital Public Library of America;
• techniques for project management, documentation, and discussion;
• forging a path from small, grant-funded projects to a sustained collective good;
• reconciling hacker ideology and geek culture with inclusive communities;
• proven methods for supporting tasks and emotions in library tech communities; and
• successes and challenges of vendor user groups.

For readers who want to get started with community technology projects, as well as those who are already engaged in collaborations, the techniques and best practices in Heller’s guide will provide the tools and inspiration to make better library technology communities.

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Margaret Heller is Digital Services Librarian at Loyola University Chicago. She has been active in library technology communities, serving on numerous planning committees and the LITA Board of Directors. She is the author of many articles and blog posts about topics including open access, web development, digital collections and services, and inclusion issues in library technology.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: AMER LIB ASSN
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0838918379
• ISBN 13: 9780838918371
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 108
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Buchpark GmbH; gpsr@buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Deutschland