The Neighborhood Book Exchange: Community catalyst or media hype?

Gollner, Kathleen; Webster, Tenny; Nathan, Lisa

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Title

The Neighborhood Book Exchange: Community catalyst or media hype?

Author(s)

• Gollner, Kathleen
• Webster, Tenny
• Nathan, Lisa

Issue Date

2013-02

Keyword(s)

• neighborhood book exchange
• social network theory
• social capital
• community informatics
• information seeking behavior
• information behavior
• social and community informatics

Abstract

Through this poster we introduce the recent appearance of Neighborhood Book Exchanges (NooX) across North America and outline our plans for an empirical investigation of the phenomenon. Our investigation draws upon social networking theory, information seeking behavior scholarship and literature from community informatics to frame and investigate the following questions: Does the use of NooX engender stronger community ties amongst its users; In what ways do NooX support (or not) users’ information behaviours? Are there identifiable patterns between the NooX content and its location over time? Through this submission we develop a working description of a NooX, propose an initial investigation of the NooX phenomenon, and anticipate contributions to contemporary information theory.

Publisher

iSchools

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42112

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/13323

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Copyright © 2013 is held by the authors. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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