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Module 3
Module 3 Outline and Readings
WSF Documentation and Information management
Unlike journalists whose information is only valid for a few days and there after discarded, librarians could gather information in all formats, store it for posterity purposes and disseminate it to those who the WSF represent in the conference – the marginalized groups. (Esther Obachi)
In fact, the biggest challenge for the organizers of the World Social Forum does not consist in defining new and better contents that could lead to even more concrete proposals, but to guarantee the continuity of the form the Forum was given – a case in which the means are determinant for the aim to be reached. (Chico Whitaker)This module is about how we shall actually do the documentation of the WSF. It is partly about skills. It is also, and perhaps more importantly, about shaping a model and a (flexible) set of instructions.
Topics to be addressed are:
- 1.Basic skills
- a. Journalistic skills
- b. Computer skills
- c. Internet skills (Advanced link collections, Blogs, Wikis etc.)
- d. The global and the local
- e. How to cover a WSF event?
- 2.Information management
- a. Selection and acquisition
- b. Classification, catalogisation and preservation of the WSF materials
- c. Depository library, archives, lending and copies
- 3.Ethical and and legal issues
- a. ”The neutral point of view” – how does it apply here?
- b. The Creative Commons licenses – do they apply here? [Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that offers flexible copyright licenses for creative works. Website: creativecommons.org]
