RDA – Resource Description and Access – is a content standard used to describe resources primarily held by libraries. Previous cataloguing standards, such as AACR2, were made up of prescriptive rules for describing specific formats. In contrast, one of the key objectives of RDA is flexibility, with the guidelines able to be applied to any…… Continue reading Flexibility in RDA
When I first began this subject, like any normal Gen Y/millennial, I thought I had a good understanding of social media: what it was, how and what (and not) to post, the importance of privacy controls, and which platforms were best for which type of content. I expected to delve more into how information organisations…… Continue reading Looking forward, looking back
Lippincott (2021) describes the Fourth Industrial Revolution as “a societal shift powered not by steam or electricity, but by data, and characterized by a fusion of the physical and digital worlds” (p.5). This new revolution brings great potential for government and research libraries who are experts at organising, preserving, and providing access to vast amounts…… Continue reading Thoughts for the future: Library 4.0
The concept of digital identity has been defined in many ways. Simply put, as we search the internet, check our emails, post to social media, and buy those new shoes, we create digital traces (Tactical Technology Collective, n.d.). Digital traces that contain unique identifying traits are used to form a digital identity. This identity may…… Continue reading Areas of concern: Digital identity
I have chosen the Twitter feeds of two different organisations for an analysis of social media success: the Washington Post and the Digital Education Research Network (DERN). These two organisations differ greatly in their social media presence from their follower count to the type of content they tweet/retweet as well as the audience they seek…… Continue reading Twitter feed analysis
Librarian 2.0 is a concept that has been talked about since at least 2005 (Partridge et al., 2010). Many information professionals have shared what they think are the key skills, knowledge and attributes that are required by the Librarian 2.0 working in a Web 2.0 world. While the specifics have changed over the years, the…… Continue reading Defining Librarian 2.0
Technology has a large influence on modern society. It is embedded within many parts of our lives including within our homes, in our daily activities, jobs and even our relationships. For example, over the past two decades mobile phones have advanced from a simple telephone device to virtually pocket-sized computers with functions for voice and…… Continue reading The Influence of Technology on Society
In his article for Social Media + Society, Neely studies the phenomenon of politically motivated unfriending/unfollowing as a form of selective avoidance. The study examined the social media behaviours of a representative sample of adult Facebook users from Florida in the three months leading up to the US presidential election in 2020 to determine how…… Continue reading Politically motivated avoidance in social networks: A study of Facebook and the 2020 presidential election
