Resource Library:
This resource library has been produced to provide an overview of collective housing in Aotearoa, and the wider international context. The library includes a range of resources, from videos to books to other entire libraries.
For an overview of the library structure, and a guide on how to use the interface, scroll down.
Resource Categories:
Each resource within this library has been tagged with a set of identifiers, which can be used to help filter the list. Each tag falls within one of 6 categories, which are outlined below alongside links to all the resources with each tag.
Access: This tag identifies how to access a resource, either publicly, through a library, or through an academic institution. Only one tag in this category applies to each resource.
Format: This tag identifies what type of content the resource is. Only one tag in this category applies to each resource.
Importance: This tag identifies how important this resource is for collective housing communities. There are 5 levels, ranging from Essential as the most important to consider through Academic as the least important for a community to consider. Only one tag in this category applies to each resource.
Topic: This is a large category of tags, which identify the topics a resource covers. These topics range from the region a resource is relevant to, eg: Aotearoa, to sustainability, and even case studies. There may be multiple tags from this category on each resource, to fully identify the topics it covers.
Type: These tags identify the types of collective housing a resource covers. A single resource may have multiple of these tags.
Who: This category identifies the audiences a resource may be relevant to. The categories are not mutually exclusive, and merely serve to help target resources towards those who need them. A single resource may have multiple target audiences tagged.
Interface:
The following images and their captions outline how to navigate the resource library through the host website, Zotero.
This is the home page of the library, which has a full list of all the resources.
You can click on these headers to sort the list by author, date, or title.
Type here to search the library. By default this searches the title, author, and year.
You can expand the fields to search through this dropdown menu.
Tags are a second, complimentary, way to sort the library. You can filter the list of tags to search for specific ones. Once you click on a tag, the main list will only show items with that tag.
Multiple tags can be selected to narrow down a search, or can be used in combination with the text search box. Click a highlighted tag again to de-select it.
To view the details of an item in the library, click on it. The area on the right will then show all the relevant information. Most critically, any web based resources will show the URL, while physical resources will show ISBNs or other identifiers.