The Many Facets of IPL Community Building Building Communities through Libraries ALA's Social Responsibilities Round Table Hunger and Homelessness Task Force ALA Annual Conference June 28, 2008 Eileen G. Abels, Denise Agosto Lily Rozaklis, Shanshan Ma, Elana Marian Drexel University
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The Many Facets of IPL Community Building
Building Communities through LibrariesALA's Social Responsibilities Round Table Hunger and
Homelessness Task ForceALA Annual Conference June 28, 2008
Eileen G. Abels, Denise AgostoLily Rozaklis, Shanshan Ma, Elana Marian
Drexel University
IPL: History and Background
• Created by 35 students at the University of Michigan under the guidance of Dr. Joe Janes
• Consists of a collection of vetted resources, many links and some resources created for the IPL
• Offers a question-answering service• January 2007 moved to Drexel University with the
support of a consortium of partners
IPL Partners 2008
• Drexel University• Florida State University• Rutgers University• Syracuse University• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign• University of Michigan• University of North Carolina• University of Washington
The Internet Public Library:Teaching/Learning Environment and a Public Service
The Internet Public Library is a global information community that provides in-service learning and volunteer opportunities for library and information science students and professionals, offers a collaborative research forum, and supports and enhances library services through the provision of authoritative collections, information assistance, and information instruction for the public.
How we will meet our goals:http://www.ipl.org/div/about/mission_and_vision.html
• Creating and supporting new learning experiences for students and volunteers,
• Serving as a research forum and as a technological test-bed, • Serving the public by finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing,
describing, and creating high quality information resources, and
• Connecting members of the public to high quality information resources through the IPL question answering service.
• Page was created on October 9, 2007, and revamped to coincide with Facebook launch
• 210 friends as of June 18, 2008– 201 libraries and 9 individuals
• Content added as blog entries, including:– Improved IPL search feature– Collection of resources on web technologies– Events such as Virtual Library Legislative Day