Content Curation

Adam Apo
LIS 773
Dominican University

What is
curation?

a process of finding,
validating, selecting,
organizing, and sharing
information on a targeted topic
for a targeted audience
(Evans, 2015)

Gathering information,
organizing it in a meaningful
way, and sharing it

Who curates?

Museum Curators
(Museum, 2016)

Radio DJs
(Radio, 2016)

Librarians
(Reference, 2016)

1.Information abundance
a. Replication, publication,
automation (Hemp, 2009)

Why do we
curate?

2.Information pollution
a. Anyone can be editor of
information (Lincoln, 2011)

3.To transform information

into knowledge
a. Curation creates a context
and narrative for users to
understand information
(Evans, 2015)

Trevi Fountain
(Trevi, 2016)

(Apot, 2016a)

Curation Tools
(Holland, 2014)

Two Types of Curation Tools

1.Automatic (RSS Readers)
2.Manual (Social
Bookmarking)

Automatic
Aggregators
(RSS Reader)

Feedly

Find, Validate, Select:

browse by topic, publication,
URL, or Twitter hashtags
Organize: newsfeed,
collections
Share: share collections on
Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest for
free. Share URL with Pro
subscription.

(Feedly, 2016)

(Apo, 2016d)

Flipboard

Find, Validate, Select:

browse by topic, publication,
keyword
Organize: newsfeed,
magazine
Share: share curated
magazines directly by URL

(Flipboard, 2016)

Manual
Aggregators
(Social
Bookmarking)

Pinterest

Find, Validate, Select:

browse by tags, users,
boards
Organize: create boards
Share: share boards directly
through URL or social media

(Pinterest, 2016)

Diigo

Find, Validate, Select:

bookmark URLs from web
browser
Organize: assign tags to
URLs
Share: share tags

(Diigo, 2016)

(Apo, 2016c)

Live Binders

Find, Validate, Select: create

content by uploading
documents, photos, etc. and
select URLs
Organize: newsfeed,
magazine
Share: share curated
magazines through URL

(Apo, 2016d)

Works Cited List

1. Evans, C., Hand, D., Martin, R., Wee, D. (2015). The Trailblazers: The Art of Curation in
the Information Forest. Independent School Magazine. Retrieved from
http://www.nais.org/Magazines-Newsletters/ISMagazine/Pages/The-Trailblazers.aspx
2. Hemp, E. (2009). Death by Information Overload. Harvard Business Review, 87(9).
Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2009/09/death-by-information-overload
3. Hharvey102 (2016). High School Research Resources. LiveBinders. Retrieved from
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=900458
4. Holland, B. (2014). Tools for Professional Learning: Curate, Share, Connect. Edutopia.
Retrieved from
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/professional-learning-curate-share-connect-beth-holland
5. Lincoln, A. (2011). FYI: TMI: Toward a Holistic Social Theory of Information Overload.
First Monday, 16(13). Retrieved from
http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3051/2835

Images
Apo, A. (2016a). Google Search Results [Image]. Retrieved from
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#safe=strict&q=trevi%20fountain%20sculpture
Apo, A. (2016b). Feedly Screenshot [Image]. Retrieved from http://feedly.com/i/my
Apo, A. (2016c). Diigo Screenshot [Image]. Retrieved from https://www.diigo.com/user/adamyapo
Apo, A. (2016d). LiveBinder Screenshot [Image}. Retrieved from http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=900458
Diigo logo [Online image]. (2016). Retrieved from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Diigo.svg/256px-Diigo.svg.png
Feedly Logo [Online image]. (2016). Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Feedly-logo.png
Flipboard Logo [Online image]. (2016). Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flipboard_logo.svg
Museum curators [Online image]. (2016). Retrieved from
http://www.reynoldahouse.org/sites/default/files/styles/784x550/public/slideshow_media/girl_in_gallery.jpg?itok=4sQoST22
Pinterest logo [Online image]. (2016). Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pinterest-logo.png
Radio DJ [Online image]. (2016). Retrieved from http://images.wisegeek.com/radio-dj-interviewing.jpg
Reference Librarian [Online image]. (2016). Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Librarian_accessing_pdq.jpg
Trevi Fountain {Online image}. (2016). Retrieved from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Rom_fountain_of_Trevi.jpg