2. What is it?
“An increasingly valuable form of creative and intellectual labour, a form
of authorship that warrants thought”. Maria Popova (brain pickings)
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/03/16/percolate-curation/
“Digital curation is the selection, preservation, maintenance, collection
and archiving of digital assets”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_curation
3. Watch...
this video on vimeo, it’s a great summary
http://vimeo.com/percolatehq/whatiscuration
4. Purpose
Any content that you curate, needs to have a purpose.
Why are you sharing this information?
Who are you sharing it with? What is the aim?
What context/opinion/voice are you adding?
5. The State Library uses Flickr to store, sort, search and share some of our
photos online. It offers a way for us to tell stories about them and to
gather input from the online community.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/state_library_south_australia/
We have a photo group on Flickr for anyone to submit photos to. By
doing so, you can donate photos to the Library’s photo collection.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/statelibrarysouthaustralia/
6. Forward IT
ForwardIT is an online learning tool designed by the Department of
Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology to teach people
and provide them with the skills to use the internet safely and securely, at
their own pace.
http://www.forwardit.sa.gov.au/
8. Next....
Let’s set up a Pinterest account, you can use your new gmail address to do
this...
9. Presented by:
Katie Hannan – Access and Information Services Librarian
Andrew Piper – Online Projects
State Library of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 - www.slsa.sa.gov.au
