The Interdisciplinary Communities of Practice of the Karst Information Portal

van Beynen, Kaya; Fleury, E. Spencer

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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

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

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)

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