Creating a Community Driven
Resource Library
Kami Griffiths, Executive Director
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 Idea
To create a central repository for information
useful to people who manage computer centers
or teach digital literacy skills.
What Was Involved
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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
OHIO: Angela Siefer
CHICAGO:
Michael Maranda
SAN FRANCISCO:
Kami Griffiths,
Erika Jones-Clary
AUSTIN: Dale Thompson,
Gene Crick
TEAM
TEAM TAXONOMY
DELICIOUS
TEAM TAXONOMY
DELICIOUS
DRUPAL
TEAM TAXONOMY
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DEFINITIONS
TEAM TAXONOMY
Training and Quality Control
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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
DELICIOUS
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TRAINING
TEAM TAXONOMY
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
DELICIOUS
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DEFINITIONS
TRAINING
SUSTAINING
TEAM TAXONOMY
Questions?
Contact Information:
Kami Griffiths, kami@ctnbayarea.org
ctnbayarea.org/resources
delicious.com/CTNBayArea