University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The Interdisciplinary Communities of Practice of the Karst Information Portal

van Beynen, Kaya; Fleury, E. Spencer

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fleury_townsend.pdf

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/8843

Description

Title
The Interdisciplinary Communities of Practice of the Karst Information Portal
Author(s)
  • van Beynen, Kaya
  • Fleury, E. Spencer
Issue Date
2008-08
Keyword(s)
  • Karst Research
  • geology
  • hydrology
  • paleoclimatology
  • urban Planning
Date of Ingest
2008-08-07T00:17:04Z
Abstract
Recognizing the significance of multidisciplinary studies, libraries are responding through the creation of collaborative portals that foster both community and research. The Karst Information Portal, hosted at the University of South Florida Libraries, is one such project. Through this research, the authors actively seek to understand the information values and practices that shape the distinctive practitioners, scientists, and professional community that the KIP serves. As such, the Karst Information Portal fulfills the emerging role of academic libraries to facilitate and support the study, practice, and research of a distinctive knowledge community. While libraries need to respond to the changing needs of their scholarly communities, understanding the broader Community of Practice that they serve is also of critical importance.
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Conference Paper / Presentation
Language
eng
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/8843
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
  • International Federation of Library Associations
  • University of Toronto, Library
  • University of Toronto, Faculty of Information
  • University of Illinois, Library
  • Title VI National Resource Center Grant (P015A060066)

Owning Collections

Disappearing disciplinary borders in the social science library - global studies or sea change? PRIMARY