the many facets of ipl community building
DESCRIPTION
A history and description of the IPL, a view of the IPL’s Learning Community for students in LIS programs, outreach using social networking sites, and sample questions received by the IPL’s reference service from a diverse community of users. Presentation delivered at ALA Annual 2008.TRANSCRIPT
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The Many Facets of IPL Community Building
Building Communities through LibrariesALA's Social Responsibilities Round Table Hunger and
Homelessness Task ForceALA Annual Conference June 28, 2008
Eileen G. Abels, Denise AgostoLily Rozaklis, Shanshan Ma, Elana Marian
Drexel University
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IPL: History and Background
• Created by 35 students at the University of Michigan under the guidance of Dr. Joe Janes
• Consists of a collection of vetted resources, many links and some resources created for the IPL
• Offers a question-answering service• January 2007 moved to Drexel University with the
support of a consortium of partners
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IPL Partners 2008
• Drexel University• Florida State University• Rutgers University• Syracuse University• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign• University of Michigan• University of North Carolina• University of Washington
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The Internet Public Library:Teaching/Learning Environment and a Public Service
http://www.ipl.org
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IPL’s Mission Statementhttp://www.ipl.org/div/about/mission_and_vision.html
The Internet Public Library is a global information community that provides in-service learning and volunteer opportunities for library and information science students and professionals, offers a collaborative research forum, and supports and enhances library services through the provision of authoritative collections, information assistance, and information instruction for the public.
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How we will meet our goals:http://www.ipl.org/div/about/mission_and_vision.html
• Creating and supporting new learning experiences for students and volunteers,
• Serving as a research forum and as a technological test-bed, • Serving the public by finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing,
describing, and creating high quality information resources, and
• Connecting members of the public to high quality information resources through the IPL question answering service.
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Teaching/Learning:LIS Education Community
• LIS faculty• LIS students
– Answering questions– Providing administrative assistance
• Volunteers
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IPL Learning CommunityLed by Lorri Mon, FSU
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IPL Learning Community
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IPL and Social Networking
• Facebook and MySpace pages were created• Regular updates were sent out to its fans,
including new collections, news from the IPL, and etc.
• Fans can start discussions on the page, upload photos or videos, and connect with other IPL users.
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The IPL Facebook Page
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IPL Facebook Statistics
• Page was launched on March 15, 2008• 462 fans as of June 24, 2008• The number is still growing.
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The IPL MySpace Page
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IPL MySpace Profilehttp://www.myspace.com/internetpubliclibrary
• Page was created on October 9, 2007, and revamped to coincide with Facebook launch
• 210 friends as of June 18, 2008– 201 libraries and 9 individuals
• Content added as blog entries, including:– Improved IPL search feature– Collection of resources on web technologies– Events such as Virtual Library Legislative Day
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IPL Users
• Educational organizations• Community organizations• Non-profits• Members of the general public from around
the world
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Educational Organizations (1)
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Educational Organizations (2)
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Community 0rganizations
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Non-profit organizations
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Geographic Distribution of IPL Visitors
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Visitors by Countries
Source: Google Analytics
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Users of the Ask a Question Service
Most Frequent Countries of OriginUSCanadaIndiaQatarUKPhilippinesAustraliaGhanaItalyNew ZealandNigeriaSouth AfricaEgyptIranJamaciaMalaysia
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Nature of Queries (1)• Large breadth
– History and Politics• Definition of colonialization “so I can better understand
my own country” ~Mauritius• Relationship between the US state of Georgia and
nation of Georgia ~Georgia
– Science• How a submarine functions ~India• Nutritional value of animal protein ~Taiwan
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Nature of Queries (2)
– Literature• Biography of a poet ~India• Online Dictionaries ~Canada
– Business• Management styles ~Romania• Internet notaries ~Brazil
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IPL Community Building
• Become part of the IPL community– Visit the website at www.ipl.org– Become a volunteer!