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The latest issue of Online Currents (Volume 28 Part 5) contains the following material:

Articles

The record of our lives in the Age of the Selfie: Developments in personal digital archiving – Paul Bentley

This article explores trends in personal digital archiving. People are using a wide range of software and online services

to document their lives. Questions have been raised about the way the lives of famous people are being curated. There is increased interest in the lives of ordinary people. The boundary between public and private lives has become more blurred. Rights are navigated across a minefield. Highlighting the opinions voiced in the recent book Personal Archiving: Preserving Our Digital Heritage, the article explores why cultural heritage institutions are revising their acquisition and preservation processes, working on related data management standards, and educating the public about tools and techniques. As libraries, archives and museums continue to devise ways of acquiring and providing access to personal digital archives, future directions will be shaped by further research, productivity questions and the efforts of citizen archivists.

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Makerspaces in the library: The next big library trend? – Michelle McLean

Makerspaces are flooding professional literature. They are discussed in keynotes, demonstrated in workshops at library conferences and are the talk of library professionals on social media. But what are they?

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Enterprise social networks: Case studies – Matt Moore and Kelly Tall

This article examines Enterprise Social Network (ESN) implementations. It begins by discussing the elements that make up these tools and how they differ from other collaboration tools that have been around for longer. It then discusses research on the value that users get from ESNs; covers three case studies – Westfield, ING and T-Mobile; and the article concludes with a summary of good practices for ESN implementation.

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Together we are stronger: ALIA National 2014 Conference – Amy Croft

An overview of the biennial Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) National 2014 Conference held in Melbourne in September 2014. Key themes were connecting people with online content, using data to inform practice and demonstrate value, leveraging online outreach and makerspaces to attract and engage library communities, and collaboration. Training and development was also discussed as a way of enabling librarians and information professionals to lead in these areas.

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Sections

COMPANY NEWS

  • A brief look at business happenings

AROUND THE BLOGS

  • A collection of musings and thoughts on the worlds of libraries and information

BOOKSHELF AND JOURNALS

  • A selection of recommended publications

DATABASES AND AGGREGATORS

  • New, recent and updated systems, services and online collections

WEB WATCH

  • Explores sites with useful content, thought-provoking ideas and opportunities for Interaction

CONFERENCES, MEETINGS AND SEMINARS

  • Conference papers
  • Upcoming conferences

For the pdf version of the table of contents, click here: OLC Vol 28 No 5 Contents.

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