Hsianghoo Steve Ching Celine Cheung—Assistant Librarian,City University of Hong Kong, Run Run Shaw Library This paper presents factors that contribute to the collaboration of a project from departmental to international – the project of indexing the Korean classics Hanguk yoktae munjip chongso (HYMC) (in Chinese:《韓國歷代文集叢書》),literally Anthologies of Korean Works through the Ages). HYMC is a [...]

Yao Xiaoxia(姚晓霞)-Deputy general secretary, CALIS Administrative Center,CALIS, Peking University Library CALIS is a public service system of “Project 211” in China and a Chinese Academic Library consortium at the same time. With a broad understanding of its members’ issues, the framework of CALIS has been constructed to allow easy interconnection and interoperability among academic libraries. [...]

Ingrid Parent-University Librarian,University of British Columbia Presentation[PPT]

Robin Chandler, University of California, San Diego 2009 ODiL Update [PPT]

The definition and purpose of crowdsourcing and social engagement with users will be discussed with particular reference to the Australian Newspapers service, FamilySearch, Wikipedia and the Distributed Proofreaders. These services have harnessed thousands of digital volunteers who transcribe, create, enhance and correct text. The successful strategies which motivated users to help, engage, and develop the outcomes will be examined.