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[Marghanita da Cruz]

linda rouse wrote:
> So which one did you mean? :-)
> 

In the case of Trove, I meant Crowd Sourcing.

However, perhaps Library Cataloguers need to embrace crowdsurfing. As the
comment about them came up in the context of a discussion about including
urls in catalogues - it seems validating their authority is still an issue.
> As we discussed in Crowd Surfing, the crowd isn't always right -- whether a pitchfork wielding mob roaming the streets or a Facebook protest group.  One of the key skills of brand managers (or crowd surfers) in this new age is to be able to judge situations and decide whether to change policy or direction in response to public criticism.
<http://www.crowdsurfing.net/>

Marghanita
> 
> On 17/05/11 2:45 PM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>> linda rouse wrote:
>>> Hi Marganita
>>>
>>>
>>> On 17/05/11 12:55 PM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>>>
>>>> I love Trove as it allows for crowd surfing - which according to the
>>>> Librarians, is seditious to those in the Catalogue branch. My
>>>> contribution
>>>> is a link about the history of "The Annandale Post Office":
>>>> <http://ramin.com.au/annandale/story-annandale-post-office.shtml>
>>>> added at:<http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35981784>
>>>
>>> You've got me! What's "crowd surfing"? I always thought it was what
>>> people used to do at rock concerts.. being passed from head to head
>>> over the crowd! Is this a new IT term?
>>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> Crowdsurfing (without the space) could well be, but Google says there
>> are 1,070,000 hits for rock concert "crowd surfing" 508,000 for "crowd
>> sourcing" and 4,870,000 for crowdsourcing.
>>
>> M
> 


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