Online Community Information Creating a Nexus at Your Library 1st Edition by Joan Durrance, Karen Pettigrew ISBN 978-0838908235 0838908233

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ISBN 10:  0838908233

ISBN 13: 978-0838908235

Author: Joan C. Durrance,  Karen E. Pettigrew

Librarians are key players in bringing communities together. With the help of the Internet, they are in a position to revolutionize the way users access information and come together as a result. Indeed, libraries can function as both hubs to circulate local, national, and global information and as networks of local agencies, nonprofits, community activities, resources, events, and contacts.

Building from detailed research, this forward-looking new book addresses the ways that libraries can harness the power of the Internet to provide digitized community information to local audiences. Using its proven methods, hands-on tools, and best practices developed in libraries across the country, any library can design and build a dynamic and unifying community information site. Featuring three of the nation’s leading community network sites (Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Free-Net, Suburban Chicago’s NorthStarNet, and Portland, Oregon’s CascadeLink), expert author team Durrance and Pettigrew outline innovative ways to present information for and about your community.

Featured are 23 examples of best practices from libraries around the country that help you approach:

Access issues and the digital divide
Community information services
Interactivity
Specialized content
Local government agency content
Civic partnerships
And 14 ways to improve your Community Information site, such as:

Providing users with greater specificity in searches
Following interface design principles to address information overload
Indicating sources, credentials, and date of entry
This well-researched, instructional guide will help you to truly create a nexus of information at your library and thereby amplify its visibility, prominence, and place in the community.

Table of contents: 

1 How the Public Uses Networked Community Information I
2 From Vertical Files to the Web
The Impact of Digital CI on Public Library Information Services
3 Public Library Participation in Community Networking
4 Benefits of Access to Community Information and Community Networks
5 Best Practices
Public Libraries, Community Information, and
Community Networking
6 The Evaluation Challenge
7 Learning from Best Practice
Summary, Conclusions, Recommendations

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