Academic Work is Social: User Generated Content in Support of Research and Learning
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Academic Work is Academic Work is Social Social
User Generated Content in User Generated Content in Support of Research and LearningSupport of Research and Learning
Meredith FarkasMeredith Farkas
Norwich UniversityNorwich University
What is user-generated content?
Tags
Ratings
Custom collections
Online community
contributions
Wiki contributions
Comments
Blog posts
Audio and
videoPhotos
Why User-Generated Content?
•We don’t know everything
•Value of patron knowledge
• Insufficient metadata
•Stories people tell about items are of value
•People are already doing it!
•35% of online adults, 57% of teens (Pew, 2006)
Academic work IS social
•University of Minnesota survey on Academic Support:
•67% of faculty work collaboratively
•52% of faculty collaborate with colleagues at other institutions
•46% find that distance from colleagues is a collaboration obstacle
How are we supporting
collaborative academic work
online?
What can we incorporate into library systems
(databases, catalog, etc.)?
• Social networking features
• Social bookmarking and annotations
• Integration with course management systems
• Collaborative project spaces
• RSS feeds and easy export features
