Citizen History: Communities Accumulating Research and Documenting Information on North Carolinas Area Landmarks

Type of Presentation

Panel (1 hour and 15 minutes presentation total for two or more presenters)

Target Audience

Higher Education

Presenter Information

Brian Young, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kate McKinney Maddalena, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillFollow
Shaun Martin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Location

Room 212

Proposal

See Presentation Description

Presentation Description

Communities Accumulating Research and Documenting Information on North Carolina Area Landmarks (CARDINAL) is a multidisciplinary online project under development by a small group of graduate students in library science, digital media, and rhetoric at North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Cardinal uses an existing database of geotagged historical markers to invite users to participate in “citizen history.” This panel describes the project’s design and pilot tests, and proposes that digital media, as potential tools which enable information literacy, can help facilitate right-minded information production.

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Young, Brian; Maddalena, Kate McKinney; and Martin, Shaun, "Citizen History: Communities Accumulating Research and Documenting Information on North Carolinas Area Landmarks" (2011). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 105.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2011/2011/105