IL - Media Literacy
Huwe,
T. (2009). Exploiting synergies: among digital repositories, special
collections, and online
community. Online,
33(2), 14-19.Summary/Evaluation
Huwe
elaborates on how only just a few years prior to the writing of this particular article, there were only a couple of
leading research
facilities (E.g. Library of Congress) capable of developing an online presence
of high-quality
digital library collections. Further discussion into the article depicts that today in current
times, this ideal is no longer the case. Huwe speaks of the rise in development
of digital
collections not only emerging among research libraries, but also other organizations
as well as various museums. Research libraries and librarians are evolving with
the constant change of advancement in digital media technologies and are
becoming familiar
with open-source web development tools specialized in digitization, although most
collections are of a smaller scale.
Emphasis is expressed when referencing the importance
of historical collections and how an online presence will not only benefit libraries
and librarians, but also have the capacity to reach new scholars and experts trying
to obtain rare materials within a searchable online environment. Huwe also ventures
into the realm of social networking, blogs, and community websites such as MySpace,
Facebook, and Bebo, which are currently responsible for enabling managers of digital
repositories to merge technologies utilizing web 2.0 applications, therefore symbolizing
the effect of creating new synergies. I found this article to be quite interesting as Archivists and scholars now have the ability
to be involved in newly developed trends surrounding the accessibility of historically
valuable collections through the opportunity to take on leadership roles in
scholarly
communities.
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