Lunchtime Technology Taster Social Bookmarking 06/12/2006

Social Bookmarking Agenda: What is social bookmarking? How do I bookmark online? How do I bookmark socially? Lunchtime Technology Taster 06/12/2006

Agenda:

What is social bookmarking?

How do I bookmark online?

How do I bookmark socially?

What is Social Bookmarking? Basic characteristics: A collection of web bookmarks (= link lists) Stored online, not on personal harddisk All bookmarks are classified by tags (keywords) Tags are shared among users Lunchtime Technology Taster 06/12/2006

Basic characteristics:

A collection of web bookmarks (= link lists)

Stored online, not on personal harddisk

All bookmarks are classified by tags (keywords)

Tags are shared among users

What is Social Bookmarking Lunchtime Technology Taster 06/12/2006 User abc’s link list User xyz’s link list URL abc1 tag7 tag8 tag4… URL xyz1 tag9 tag1 tag8… Sharing of bookmark lists tag4 URL 2 user: me URL abc1 user: abc URL xyz3 user: xyz … Tag search My link list URL 1 tag1 tag2 tag3… URL 2 tag1 tag4 tag5… URL 3 tag6 tag2 tag4… …

How do I bookmark online? Register with a social bookmarking service del.icio.us, simpy.com or others Enter a URL Navigate to URL Press the bookmark button Enter tags and submit Lunchtime Technology Taster 06/12/2006

Register with a social bookmarking service

del.icio.us, simpy.com or others

Enter a URL

Navigate to URL

Press the bookmark button

Enter tags and submit

How do I bookmark online? Lunchtime Technology Taster 06/12/2006

How do I bookmark socially? Direct networking: people View other people’s bookmark lists Add people to your friends network Indirect networking: tags Subscribe to tags Create private tags for grouping purposes Lunchtime Technology Taster 06/12/2006

Direct networking: people

View other people’s bookmark lists

Add people to your friends network

Indirect networking: tags

Subscribe to tags

Create private tags for grouping purposes

How do I bookmark socially? Beyond URLs: Academic References Capture and tag Journal articles and books CiteULike.org Bibsonomy.org Create bibliographic references with one click Lunchtime Technology Taster 06/12/2006

Beyond URLs: Academic References

Capture and tag Journal articles and books

CiteULike.org

Bibsonomy.org

Create bibliographic references with one click

Lunchtime Technology Taster Resources: www.lkl.ac.uk /LTU [email_address] Lunchtime Technology Taster 06/12/2006

Resources:

www.lkl.ac.uk /LTU

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