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Kennedy, Krista,

Textual curation : authorship, agency, and technology in Wikipedia and Chambers's Cyclopædia / Authorship, agency, and technology in Wikipedia and Chambers's Cyclopædia Krista Kennedy. - Columbia, SC : The University of South Carolina Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource. - Studies in rhetoric/communication .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Distributed curatorial practices -- Curatorial collectives -- Metaphors of curation -- Content contributors, vandals, and the ontology of curation -- Production collectives: page and screen -- Automated curation -- Conclusion.

A study of the role community, financial support, texts, information structures, interfaces, and technology plays in collaborative works.



ISBN: 9781611177107

LCCN: 2016048206

Subjects--Personal Names:
Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 --

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Wikipedia.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--Authorship.
Authorship--Collaboration--Case studies.
Electronic encyclopedias--Case studies.
Curatorship.
Communication in learning and scholarship--Technological innovations--Case studies.
User-generated content.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic Books.

LC Class. No.: AE1 / .T498 2016