The Vital Role of Librarians in Creating Information Communities: Strategies for Success

1/18/01

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The Vital Role of Librarians in Creating Information Communities: Strategies for Success

Workshop Goal--Show How Information Communities 

Information Communities: Working Definitions

‘Information Community’ Encompasses Parts of These Ideas

Attributes of Information Communities

Strategies Used by IC Librarians

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Examples of ‘Information Communities’ 

Making of Ann Arbor http://www.aadl.org/moaa/simpleindex.html

Oregon State University Valley Library -1999 LJ Lib of the Year 

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LA As Subject: http://www.getty.edu/gri/public/lasubject.htm

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H-Net http://www.h-net.msu.edu/

UARC/SPARC Upper Atmospheric Research Collaboratory Space Physics and Aeronomy Research Collaboratory

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Case Study: Three Rivers Free-Net http://trfn.clpgh.org/

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Approaches Used by TRFN 

Staff Strategies, Knowledge & Skills

Group Participation (1)

Group Participation (2)

Evaluation--The Larger View

IMLS Outcome Evaluation Report 

New National IMLS Funded Grant How Libraries/Librarians Help http://www.si.umich.edu/helpseek/

People Report An Increased Ability to Access Information

People Report Personal Benefits

Internet CI Can Bring the Community Together

Non-Profit Orgs Report CN Participation Makes Them More Effective

People Report Changed Perceptions of Libraries & Librarians 

Author: Joan C. Durrance