Devon Adams's List: curation

• Rheingold U's curation curriculum provides the means to deliberately take control of a subject area, to own it, to extend it, to establish an authoritative position, and to generate the network of  co-generators and follower/consumers.
• Dealing effectively with the sheer quantity of new information being generated is but one dimension that needs to be considered; the source of this information, its taxonomic structuring, its semantic applicability, and its social context all must be considered as part of the overall context for understanding.
• This is further compounded by the exponential increase in personalization of distribution channels  -- the capacity to annotate, bookmark, and establish further context around both discrete information artifacts and around information flows represents additional demands on the curator.
• Diigo, Storify, Paper.li, Scoop.it, and Pearltrees.

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• “Curation comes up when search stops working,” says author and NYU Professor Clay Shirky. But it’s more than a human-powered filter. “Curation comes up when people realize that it isn’t just about information seeking, it’s also about synchronizing a community.”
• For creators — people who’ve spent their careers making content and trying to sort out an economic model — curation can seem like an end-run around hard work. And so the conflict ultimately comes down to this: Is curation about saving money? Or about adding value? The answer, it appears, is “yes” to both.