Open AccessFinding and providing context online
Author(s) -
Buckland Michael K.,
Larson Ray R.,
Shaw Ryan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.2008.14504503146
Subject(s) - reading (process) , context (archaeology) , world wide web , computer science , irish , multimedia , data science , history , political science , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , law
Knowing the context and relationships involved makes the difference between seeing and understanding. In a print environment the reference collection of the library provides a carefully constructed environment of auxiliary resources well‐designed for exploring context. In the digital environment the need for an easily‐used, well‐stocked, well‐organized reference collection has been neglected. We report on a project to demonstrate techniques to enable anyone to easily use reliable sources to find the background for topics, places, events, institutions, and persons encountered in online reading of biographical texts and journals on Irish culture and history.