Many institutions digitize their physical collections. Unfortunately, once these items are digitized, they reside in a repository and act merely as digital representations of their physical counterparts. I discuss how libraries can make greater use of their homegrown electronic resources through collaborations between scholars, students, and the general community.
This paper examines the potential role of houses of worship as institutions where individuals can acquire civic skills that can be deployed for political participation in the world's largest Muslim-majority democracy: Indonesia.
