creating a community driven resource library
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Community Technology Network (CTN) is a nonprofit
in the San Francisco Bay Area that
provides support to computer centers with the
goal of helping more people improve their computer
skills.
The Big IdeaTo create a central repository for
information useful to people who manage computer centers or teach digital literacy
skills.
What Was Involved
• Finding a Team• Creating a taxonomy • Using Delicious social bookmarking site• Creating a feed from Delicious to Drupal• Developing definitions for tags• Training key people across country to tag• Keeping it going
Finding a Team
SEATTLE: David Keyes, Karen Manuel,
Ramona Black, Vicky Yuki
CHICAGO: Michael Maranda
AUSTIN: Dale Thompson, Gene Crick
OHIO: Angela Siefer
SAN FRANCISCO: Kami Griffiths,
Erika Jones-Clary
TEAM
Training and Quality Control
• Define: what the tags mean• Debate: what should be tagged• Discuss: what makes for a good resource• Walk through process of tagging, providing
access to the Delicious account• Double check that the resources are
tagged correctly• Delicious doesn’t allow duplicates
TEAMTAXONOMY
DELICIOUS
DRUPALDEFINITIONS
TRAINING
Challenges & Sustainability
• Develop system for submitting new resources
• Better user interface on ctnbayarea.org• Rating system• Adding comments• Create feeds to Word Press and Joomla• Will Delicious go away?• Dealing with broken links
TEAMTAXONOMY
DELICIOUS
DRUPALDEFINITIONS
TRAININGSUSTAINING
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