Concerning Communities
The Obvious Examples
- Faculty, Staff, Students, Instructors,
Undergraduates, Graduate Students, ...
- Courses, Sections, Roles/Responsibilities within Courses
- Library Patrons
Individuals
- Identification
- Authentication
- Authorization
Community Characteristics
- Self-identified vs Institutionally defined
Need for common/shared membership information
- Peer or Stratified
- Anonymous or Identified membership