Literacy, Registration and Wikipedia

Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Direct Content. What’s so important or interesting about this?

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Social Media Disaster Media Haiti

Notes from the Future: Reflections on the IMLS Meeting on Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century

Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

Libraries’ direct service programs, from voter registration to computer classes, are focused on supporting citizens’ needs broadly, whereas museums’ direct services (programs, outreach) are focused on spreading museum content. Museums provide the information that we deem useful or interesting.

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Museum Library Reflection Audience

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Notes from the Future: Reflections on the IMLS Meeting on Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century

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