Roberts, A. (2012) New subjects, new communities, new formats: the library collection in the digital world. In: Strauch, K., Bernhardt, B. and Hinds, L., (eds.) Something's Gotta Give: Charleston Conference Proceedings, 2011. Conference, 2–5 November 2011, Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston Conference (31). Against the Grain Press , Charleston, South Carolina , pp. 181-190. ISBN 9780983404323
Abstract
This paper provides an overview of collaborative research with the British Library, which aims to develop a conceptual approach to the collection in the digital world, using a case study of collections for social enterprise. Based on this research,the objective of this Lively Lunch session was to facilitate discussion, using audience voting and a paper survey, of three broad issues affecting collections in the digital world: • The impact of emerging interdisciplinary subjects. • The challenge of identifying and engaging with potential user communities, including virtual communities. • The growth of new formats, including those informally published online, and their implications for library collections. This paper outlines the research. Social enterprise is a relatively new interdisciplinary field—business with a social purpose—which draws on much older ideas, for example from the co‐operative movement, or from the non‐profit sector. This raises questions about how latent existing collections of relevance to these emerging subject areas can be identified and exploited. The communities interested in information about this subject are highly networked and geographically distributed and share valuable information resources using informal online publishing tools, creating challenges for traditional collection development and management processes from community analysis to collection evaluation.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Copyright remains with the authors. |
Keywords: | collection development; library and information studies; social enterprise |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Information School (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number University of Sheffield British Library Concordat Scholarship UNSPECIFIED |
Depositing User: | Angharad Roberts |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2013 13:26 |
Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2018 20:24 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Against the Grain Press |
Series Name: | Charleston Conference |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:75475 |