Recuerdos Hablados/Memories Spoken: Toward the Co-Creation of Digital Knowledge with Community Significance

Collaborative relationships among libraries, archives, and museums can fruitfully engage cultural community members in collaborative construction of digital knowledge. A continuum of co-creation approaches in the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library illustrates the value of working...

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Published in:Library trends 2011-04, Vol.59 (4), p.650-662
Main Authors: Somerville, Mary M, EchoHawk, Dana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collaboration
Community
Community Relations
Cultural heritage
Electronic media
Ethnic groups
Information Sources
Libraries
Memory
Metadata
Museums
Narratives
Oral History
Preservation
Professional practice
Social Action
Social Influences
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Summary:Collaborative relationships among libraries, archives, and museums can fruitfully engage cultural community members in collaborative construction of digital knowledge. A continuum of co-creation approaches in the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library illustrates the value of working together. The most mature community-generated initiative produces digital images with contextualizing metadata of cultural "significance." Examples suggest that inclusive, community-generated digital knowledge activities can shape interpretations and narratives of the past and present, thereby influencing construction of the future, as community members express their contexts, concepts, and truths. Concluding remarks consider implications for community-generated digital knowledge activities that give "voice" to underrepresented populations and suggest new directions for organizational purpose and professional practice.
ISSN:0024-2594
1559-0682
1559-0682
DOI:10.1353/lib.2011.0018