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Launch of the Commbox Open Access Database: Managing Knowledge in Media Development

"The commbox combines technology with what I would call a human touch. The platform benefits from digital tools, but it is shaped by people who have spent decades working with media development, communication for social change, journalism support, community media, development communication, and international cooperation. The classifications did not emerge from algorithms alone. They emerged from conversations, projects, field experiences, research, successes, and failures. In that sense, commbox is not only a collection of documents. It is also a collection of human learning. A curated specialized library is about shared memory connected to a community. And communities without shared memory struggle to engage in meaningful dialogue. Libraries preserve the conversations that came before us. For specialized communities such as ours, this function is invaluable. Media development practitioners, researchers, journalists, church communicators, health communicators, and development professionals need more than information. They need a shared body of knowledge. They need common references. They need a place where research and practice meet. [...] Ultimately, knowledge management is not about managing documents. It is about enabling people to learn together. And that is precisely what we hope commbox will contribute to." (Page 3)
Doesn't AI Make Libraries Obsolete? The Challenge is no longer Access to Information, the Challenge is Orientation / Michael Unland, 2
Managing Knowledge in Media Research: Lessons Learned from the Resisting Information Disorder Project / Meli Ncube, 4
Policy Coordination, Experience Exchange and Mapping of Media Assistance / Ivana Bjelic Vucinic, 9
Introduction to the Commbox & Cooperation Approaches / Christoph Dietz, 14