A presentation for the ALIA Community Information Australia Networkers group http://www.alia.org.au/groups/cian/.

1. Content Curation
14 June 2012
Katie Hannan
Access and Information Services Librarian

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. Are you ready...
to be a superhero on the web?
“Curation is the act of individuals with a passion for a content area to
find, contextualize, and organize information.”
http://www.fastcompany.com/1834177/content-curators-are-the-new-superheros-of-the-web

5. What tools could I use?
Pinterest
Paper.li
flickr
Glossom
Storify
Pearltrees
Redux
Scoop.it
Delicious

6. 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?

7. Curators
Beth Kanter
Robin Good
Howard Rheingold
Maria Popova
Victoria Hannan

8. In Action
SLSA – Pinterest (pilot project – shhhh!)
SAcommunity – youtube

9. Challenges? Issues?

10. Additional Resources
www.delicious.com/katykat/content-curation

11. Presented by: Katie Hannan
Access and Information Services Librarian
about.me/katiehannan
State Library of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 - www.slsa.sa.gov.au