Comments on: Curating the Deck Chairs on the Titanic

By: Frans Bouman

Frans Bouman — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:22:11 +0000

Thanks for rationalizing the curation discussion for me. I’m involved in a project that requires curation the work being as in your second definition.
I innocently started looking for software to help us accomplish what we require and instead found a plethora of sites describing “curation” software that had nothing to do with our needs. Now I know why: writing software that will analyze many, many disparate elements that are textual, visual and audio in nature and then finding a context and placing them within that context for easy retrieval will be a real bear. But that is what we have to do. I’m still hopeful that we’ll find some tools that may help, but if we don’t, at least I understand why now.
Thanks

By: Curation Conclusions : Incisive.nu

Curation Conclusions : Incisive.nu — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:52:13 +0000

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By: Curating the deck chairs on the Titanic | Brian Heys - thinking out loud

Curating the deck chairs on the Titanic | Brian Heys - thinking out loud — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:28:05 +0000

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Content & Curation: An Epic Poem : Incisive.nu — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:29:43 +0000

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By: CC Holland

CC Holland — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:17:42 +0000

Erin, bravo! So excited you’re tackling this timely topic. Looking forward to great discussions and hopefully some velvet paintings.

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:06:38 +0000

@kidredd and @Carl: I’m so glad you’re enjoying the posts!

@Elizabeth: Thank you so much for stopping by, and for commenting. (I owe you an email, too! The last few days have been a bit of a blur.)

Even as I try to avoid the terminology debate, I find myself unable to avoid drawing my own lines — you must be this tall to ride the Curation Express, that sort of thing. (As a semi-closeted academic, I do feel protective of extra-commercial intellectual activity.)

@Taariq: Are you asking if librarianship plays a role in content strategy? I think library science is quite thoroughly intertwingled with information architecture, and with the ‘techier’ aspects of content strategy, certainly — taxonomic processes, finding aids, all that sort of thing is directly derived from library work.

As far as the relationship between librarianship as a whole and content, I’m afraid that’s another whole article. (One I’d be interested in reading, as I’ve always been an amateur library nerd.)

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Content Strategy links « Meaning and Measure — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:41:57 +0000

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By: Taariq Lewis

Taariq Lewis — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:25:48 +0000

A very nice article and excellent introduction, Erin. However, you’ve not mentioned the root of curation as it pertains to librarians and information management in your first post when discussing the origins and I’m wondering whether we’ve omitted a critical context. What do you think?

As a content strategist, how does the role of the librarian impact your perspective of how brands and companies should manage their marketing and publishing activities online? Is it relevant? Does it matter? Is there anything to learn from that role, as through the lens of the curator?

By: Carl Nelson

Carl Nelson — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:11:19 +0000

Great post and the inclusion of the footnotes and added reading are exceptional.

By: Elizabeth Schlatter

Elizabeth Schlatter — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:18:26 +0000

I love how there’s a vibrant discussion regarding what is “curating” in the world outside of museums and art. There are passionate opinions about the issue from within the traditional institutions as to what’s going on “outside,” but I hadn’t realized the extent to which people are talking about this in terms of what it means for people working with online content who are calling themselves and others curators. I also find it heartening that no matter who is talking about curating in any kind of context, there’s an inevitable tendency to parse out what counts as curating and what doesn’t — like there’s some sort of innate desire to protect the cachet of expertise associated with the term “curator.” (i.e. a connoisseurship of curators)