Citation - O'Day, V. L., & Nardi, B. A. (2003). An Ecological Perspective on Digital Libraries. In A. P. Bishop, N. A. Van House & B. P. Buttenfield (Eds.), Digital Library Use: Social Practice in Design and Evaluation (pp. 65-82). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Keyword - social_informatics, information_ecology

• 對技術的隱喻
  • as a tool
  • as a text
  • as a assistant (critical: only focus on individual user)
  • as a system
  • as a ecology

• 技術的生態觀點，的觀察重點
  • diversity | 多樣性
  • locality | 地域性
  • keystone species | 關鍵物種
  • co-evolution | 共同演進

• 對圖書館服務的生態觀點解讀：透明性(transparency)
  • 透明性(transparency): 不被使用者知覺到服務。
  • 參考服務晤談
  • 館員的檢索策略
  • 多重檢索間的內在連繫

• 根據資訊生態學觀點，檢視數位圖書館的設計
  • diversity | 多樣性
    • Who makes digital libraries work? Who shapes content and access?
    • What paths exist to a digital library collection?
    • What are the complementary low-tech tools?
    • What are the bridges between the physical and digital worlds?
  • locality | 地域性
    • How could a digital library collection be tailored for the different information ecologiesin which it is used?
    • What opportunities can digital library collections offer for different online organizationsand presentations of content?
  • keystone species | 關鍵物種
    • What roles can librarians play for digital library collections and services?
      圖書館員在數位圖書館的典藏與服務中，扮演什麼樣的角色？
    • What needs exist for mediators of different kinds?
      不同物種之間需要什麼要的中介者？
  • co-evolution | 共同演進
    • What happens to the reference interview?
      參考晤談怎麼進行的？
    • How will digital library services adapt to the common pattern of extended interconnected searches?
      數位圖書館服務如何調適到普通的互相連繫的檢索？
    • What happens to paper? How do new and old tools inter-operate?
    • How do digital libraries coexist with physical libraries?
• (conclusion) Ecological thinking

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