LiveBinders. Bag The Web. Scoop.it. Become a 'curator’ with Scoop.it and create your own online magazine? You have probably heard the word ‘curator’ being bandied around?
‘Curating’ is one of the latest buzzwords and that is what Scoop.it does. (I haven’t yet investigated Paper.li but it could be similar). So, what happens is you join Scoop.it ( and choose a topic you would like information about. Scoop.it then crawls the Internet searching for articles based on the keywords you have given to your search topic. You then curate by choosing which articles you would like to use in your magazine, and Scoop.it forms it into an attractive easy-to-read online magazine.
What I LOVE about Scoop.it is that you can also follow topics that interest you. So for example… this is how Scoop.it keeps me informed about the latest on my topics of choice. In case you would like to know all the steps on how to work with Scoop.it please view my Slideshare. Storify · Don't get lost in the noise. Discover the voices worth sharing. Content Curation Primer. Photo by Stuck in Customs What is Content Curation?
Content curation is the process of sorting through the vast amounts of content on the web and presenting it in a meaningful and organized way around a specific theme. The work involves sifting, sorting, arranging, and publishing information. A content curator cherry picks the best content that is important and relevant to share with their community. It isn’t unlike what a museum curator does to produce an exhibition: They identify the theme, they provide the context, they decide which paintings to hang on the wall, how they should be annotated, and how they should be displayed for the public. Content curation is not about collecting links or being an information pack rat, it is more about putting them into a context with organization, annotation, and presentation. People and organizations are now making and sharing media and content all over the social web. Content Curation Provides Value from the Inside Out Getting Started.
Curation: The Next Big Thing? Content Curation & Fair Use: 5 Rules to being an Ethical Content Curator. * Update: I have a much lengthier updated post that incorporates the material below: Content Curation: Copyright, Ethics, & Fair Use Recently, Kimberley Isbell of the Nieman Journalism Lab cited a Harvard Law report and published an extensive post on news aggregation and legal considerations.
From a curation perspective, the whole article is interesting, but what was the most surprising was that her recommendations for being an ethical content aggregator, were the same as being an effective content curator. The five recommendations are below. You can read the full article for the legal justifications for abiding by these practices. However, I have provided some reason on why you would want to follow these guidelines from a content marketing perspective: 1. Marketing reason: The more you link to third parties, the more likely they are to link back to you – which ultimately improves your SEO. 2. 3. 4. 5. *Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.