Content Curation for Librarians

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Using  Content  Cura.on  for  Professional  Learning:  Seek,  Sense,  Share  Beth  Kanter,    Trainer,  Author,  Blogger  

APLIC    Conference  April  2014  

Beth  Kanter:    Master  Trainer,  Author,    and  ChangeMaker  

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My  nonprofit  tech  work  begins  ….  

Content  CuraDon  for  Nonprofits    circa  1994-­‐1996  

Are  you  a  content  curator?    

Flickr  Photo:    An  untrained  eye  

Scale  1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10  

Just  2  Words  

What  is  your  burning  quesDon  about  content  curaDon?  

What  do  you  already  know  about  content  curaDon?  

Share  Pairs  

Content  cura.on  is  the  organizing,  filtering  and  “making  sense  of”  informa.on  on  the  web  and  

sharing  the  very  best  with  your  network.  

The  Content  Curator  is  a  Sommelier  .  .  .  

•  Transdisciplinarity  •  Sense-­‐making  •  Social  intelligence  •  Cogni.ve  load  

management  •  New  media  literacy  

“Learning  is  the  work,  work  is  learning”  –    

Jane  Hart  and  Harold  Jarche  

Tweets  links  related    to  organizaDon’s  mission  and  work  as  a  biparDsan  advocacy  organizaDon  dedicated  to  making  children  and  families  a  priority  in  federal  policy  and  budget  decisions.    

SEEK   SENSE   SHARE  IdenDfied  key  blogs  and  Twi<er  users  in  each  issue  area    Scans  and  reads  every  morning  and  picks  out  best      

Summarizes  arDcle  in  a  tweet    Writes  for  Huffington  Post    Helps  him  do  his  work    Feeds  a  network  with  quality  content  

Engages  with  aligned  partners    Tweets  best  of  best  

Great  Content  Cura.on:  Prac.ce,  Skills,  Tools  

Framework:      Harold  Jarche  Networked  Learning  Is  Working  Smarter  

Seek  

Sense  

     Share  

Seek  

•  Define  objecDve,  audience,  and  topics  

•  Vets  •  Trusted  Sources  •  Scouts  •  Filters  –  experts  and  

network  •  Use  discovery  tools  

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Sense  

•  Product:  Blog  post,  report,  memo,  presentaDon  

•  Selects  •  Annotate,  Archive,  

Apply  •  Add  value  •  OpDmize  headlines  •  Edits  •  Excerpts  •  Links  •  Classifies  

Share  

•  Share  at  the  right  moment  •  A  steady  diet  of  good  stuff  •  Comments  •  Credits  •  Recommend  other  curators  •  Crowdsources  •  Transparent  

Small  Group  Exercise  

Framework:      Harold  Jarche  Networked  Learning  Is  Working  Smarter  

Seek  

Sense  

     Share  

Share  Pairs  

 •  What  have  you  thought  about  or  already  do  as  content  cura.on    in  your  prac.ce?  

Cura.ng  Efficiently:    How  To  Avoid  Geang  Content  Fried  

1.  When  you  start  curaDng  informaDon,  does  it  make  you  feel  anxious?  2.  When  you  are  seeking  informaDon  to  curate,  have  you  ever  forgo<en  what  it  was  

in  the  first  place  you  wanted  to  accomplish?  3.  Do  you  add  links  to  your  Scoop.It  or  other  collecDons  without  reading  and  thinking  

and  annotaDng  the  arDcle?  4.  Do  you  experience  frustraDon  at  the  amount  of  informaDon  you  need  to  process  

daily?  5.  Do  you  sit  at  your  computer  for  longer  than  30  minutes  at  a  Dme  without  gejng  

up  to  take  a  break?  6.  Do  you  constantly  check  (even  in  the  bathroom  on  your  mobile  phone)  your  email,  

Twi<er,  Scoop.It  or  other  online  service?  7.  Is  the  only  Dme  you're  off  line  is  when  you  are  sleeping?  8.  Do  you  feel  that  you  open  cannot  concentrate?  9.  Do  you  get  anxious  if  you  are  offline  for  more  than  a  few  hours?  10. Do  you  find  yourself  easily  distracted  by  online  resources  that  allow  you  to  avoid  

other,  pending  work?    

Self-­‐Knowledge  Is  The  First  Step  

A  few  quick  assessment  quesDons  Add  up  your  score:    #  of  YES  answers  

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What’s  Your  A]en.on  Focusing  Score?  

•  Understand  your  goals  and  prioriDes  and  ask  yourself  at  regular  intervals    whether  your  current  acDvity    serves  your  higher  priority.  

 •  NoDce  when  your  a<enDon  has  

wandered,  and  then  gently  bringing  it  back  to  focus  on  your  highest  priority    

 •  SomeDmes  in  order  to  learn  or  deepen  

relaDonships  -­‐-­‐  exploring  from  link  to  link  is  permissible  –  and  important.      Don’t  make  a<enDon  training  so  rigid  that  it  destroys  flow.  

Source:    Howard  Rheingold  NetSmart    

What  does  it  mean  to  manage  your  a]en.on  while  your  curate?  

Manage  Your  A<enDon,  Not  Just  Your  Time  Visualize  on  Paper  Establish  Rituals  ReflecDon  Manage  Electronic  DistracDons  Manage  Physical  Space  Just  Say  No    

A    Few  Tips  

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Thank  You!    

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