Harnessing the cognitive surplus of the nation: new opportunities for libraries in a time of change. The 2012 Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship Essay.

Holley, Rose Harnessing the cognitive surplus of the nation: new opportunities for libraries in a time of change. The 2012 Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship Essay., 2012 UNSPECIFIED. [Other]

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This essay is the winner of the 2012 Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship. The essay draws on Rose Holley's experience of managing innovative library services that engage crowds such as The Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program and Trove, and her ongoing research into library, archive and museum crowdsourcing projects. This experience and knowledge has been put into the context of Jean Arnot’s values and visions for Australian libraries. Jean Arnot, the distinguished Australian librarian, described her vision for an innovative library service over sixty years ago. Rose suggests how some of her goals are now being achieved through use of the internet and digital technologies, and how we can build on these to ensure that libraries remain valued and relevant by harnessing the cognitive surplus of the nation they serve, and by crowdsourcing.

Item type: Other
Keywords: cognitive surplus, crowdsourcing, user engagement, value, relevance, re-positioning, volunteers
Subjects: A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information. > AA. Library and information science as a field.
B. Information use and sociology of information > BC. Information in society.
G. Industry, profession and education. > GZ. None of these, but in this section.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HZ. None of these, but in this section.
J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JZ. None of these, but in this section.
L. Information technology and library technology
Depositing user: Rose Holley
Date deposited: 15 May 2012
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:22
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/16971

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