Building an open access African studies repository using Web 2.0 principles

First Monday ◽  
2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Winterbottom ◽  
James North
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Relational Database ◽  
African Studies ◽  
Online Tools

This paper describes the aims and design of an open access African Studies Repository (ASR) (http://www.africanstudiesrepository.org/) that is under development. The ASR is a relational database compatible with the open repository platform DSpace but incorporating the participatory online tools collectively known as ‘Web 2.0’. The aim of the ASR is to create a space where everyone who works on Africa, both inside and outside the continent, can store their work, access useful resources, make contacts, and join discussions.

scholarly journals Creation and Use of Online Gateway for School Libraries from Free Web 2.0 Tools

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Jude M. Gorospe
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
School Library ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web 2.0 Tools ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Free Search

The school library is challenged to remain relevant in the 21st century learning environment. With young learners always consulting Google and other free search engines for subject assignment and other information needs and with the underwhelming quality of much web-based information, the school library must find an interesting and effective way to deliver authoritative and relevant information services through online tools. However, effective information services online are most often hosted from subscribed or paid Web 2.0 sites. These online services are capable of interactivity among learners and flexibility for individual schools’ administrative concerns. However, the ability to afford these services is frequently beyond the financial capability of schools from developing countries. The researcher explored the possibility of creating a school library website that serves as a pathfinder to online resources and electronically delivers other library-based school services using free Web 2.0 tools.

Twin Wiki Wonders? Wikipedia and Wikibooks as Powerful Tools for Online Collaborative Writing

2011 ◽  
pp. 1078-1097
Author(s):  
Meng-Fen Grace Lin ◽  
Curtis J. Bonk ◽  
Suthiporn Sajjapanroj
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Collaborative Writing ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Online Content ◽  
Web Tools ◽  
Single Person ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Shed Light

Web 2.0 technologies empower individuals to contribute thoughts and ideas rather than passively survey online content and resources. Such participatory environments foster opportunities for community building and knowledge sharing, while encouraging the creation of artifacts beyond what any single person could accomplish alone. In this chapter, we investigate the emergence and growth of two of such environments: the highly popular Wikipedia site and its sister project, Wikibooks. Wikipedia has grown out of trends for free and open access to Web tools and resources. While Wikipedians edit, contribute, and monitor distinct pieces of information or pages of documents, Wikibookians must focus on larger chunks of knowledge, including book modules or chapters as well as entire books. Several key differences between these two types of wiki environments are explored. In addition, surveys and interviews, conducted with Wikibookians, shed light on their challenges, frustrations, and successes.

Online Communities of Practice and Web 2.0

2016 ◽  
pp. 265-292
Author(s):  
Amir Manzoor
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Management Communication ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
The People ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Online Communities Of Practice

In contemporary Knowledge Management, communication and collaboration play very significant role. Knowledge exists within the stakeholders of an organization. Such knowledge, when extracted and harnessed effectively, can become an extremely valuable asset to achieve organizational goals and objectives. This knowledge, embedded in the people, must be properly released through an appropriate channel to make it usable. Through dialogue and discussions, using online tools, this release and reuses of knowledge can be made possible. The Community of Practice (CoP) is a useful organizing concept for enhancing collaboration, sharing knowledge, and disseminating best practices among researchers and practitioners. This chapter explores the concept of Communities of Practice and how Web 2.0 technologies can facilitate the transformation from a conventional community of practice to online community of practice for better and effective online communities of practices.

Twin Wiki Wonders? Wikipedia and Wikibooks as Powerful Tools for Online Collaborative Writing

2011 ◽  
pp. 253-272
Author(s):  
Meng-Fen Grace Lin ◽  
Curtis J. Bonk ◽  
Suthiporn Sajjapanroj
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Collaborative Writing ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Online Content ◽  
Web Tools ◽  
Single Person ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Shed Light

Web 2.0 technologies empower individuals to contribute thoughts and ideas rather than passively survey online content and resources. Such participatory environments foster opportunities for community building and knowledge sharing, while encouraging the creation of artifacts beyond what any single person could accomplish alone. In this chapter, we investigate the emergence and growth of two of such environments: the highly popular Wikipedia site and its sister project, Wikibooks. Wikipedia has grown out of trends for free and open access to Web tools and resources. While Wikipedians edit, contribute, and monitor distinct pieces of information or pages of documents, Wikibookians must focus on larger chunks of knowledge, including book modules or chapters as well as entire books. Several key differences between these two types of wiki environments are explored. In addition, surveys and interviews, conducted with Wikibookians, shed light on their challenges, frustrations, and successes.

Web 2.0 interactivity in open access repositories

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 703-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.M. Shafi ◽  
Sumeer Gul ◽  
Tariq Ahmad Shah
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Web 2.0

scholarly journals Rescuing a Heritage Database: Some Lessons from London Concert Life in the Eighteenth Century

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-61
Author(s):  
Simon McVeigh
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Relational Database ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Original Design ◽  
Subsequent Transformation ◽  
Exhaustive Study ◽  
Comprehensive Study ◽  
Concert Life

Abstract The paper outlines the genesis and subsequent transformation of the database Calendar of London Concerts 1750–1800, now available as a dataset at https://www.doi.org/10.17026/dans-znv-3c2j. Originally developed during the 1980s, the database was used as a primary research tool in the preparation of articles and a 1993 monograph: the first comprehensive study of London’s flourishing public concert life in the later eighteenth century, which culminated in Haydn’s London visits in 1791–5. The database itself, extending to over 4000 records, was derived from an exhaustive study of London newspapers. Following the obsolescence of the relational database in which the material was initially stored, it has recently been transferred to a spreadsheet in csv format, publicly available with free open access. Issues arising out of the standardisation of concert data are explored, especially regarding the layout of complete concert programmes, and the strengths and limitations of the original design are analysed, within the context of the newly available version.

Open Source LMS and Web 2.0 in Mobile Teaching

2011 ◽  
pp. 171-179
Author(s):  
Elisa Spadavecchia
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Linguistic Competence ◽  
Classroom Teaching ◽  
Web Tools ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Teaching Support ◽  
E Learning

Can students learn a foreign language at school meeting their real communicative needs? Is it possible to exploit the potentialities of the 2.0 Web tools and the advantages of the Open Source software to guide students towards effective linguistic competence and autonomy? The chapter describes an experience of using simple Web 2.0 and teaching support online tools for learning English in an Italian secondary school, pointing out the achievements and the drawbacks of the integration of e-learning 2.0 with classroom teaching.

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