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ArchivesMouse Participates in Crowdsourcing Discussion
A little while back, I posted about the potential value social media has for repositories as a crowdsourcing tool, which could help them locate more information and clarify existing theories. A few days ago, I participated in one such example of social media crowdsourcing. Accessible Archives, a company that creates and maintains primary source databases,…
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Posted in Student Blog Project 2013
Tagged Accessible Archives, Crowdsourcing, Public Access, Social Media, Student Blog Project 2013, syndicated, Technology, Theory and Practice
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New and Old Words: Pick Your Poison
One of the bloggers I follow, Melissa Mannon of ArchivesInfo, recently posted about the titles used for professionals within the LIS community. Her point was that traditional terms such as “librarian” or “archivist” generally evoke responses commenting on the diminishing importance of analog records. As a result, the ever-increasing role of computers, digital technologies, and the…
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Posted in Student Blog Project 2013
Tagged Changing Technologies, Job titles, Public Access, syndicated, Technology
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