“ Community Contributed Content with Web 2.0 Social Bookmarking Tools” Michel Wesseling and Richard Lalleman Pre-IFLA conference Toronto, 6 August 2008 Social Networks and Interdisciplinary Networking

Generic vs. specific Storing and sharing Web 2.0 as change

Knowledge Management tool within the field of global development studies, by: storing + sharing = creation hand-picked favorite Internet resources in a search engine + = Focuss.Info Generic vs. specific Storing and sharing Web 2.0 as change

Generic vs. specific Storing and sharing Web 2.0 as change

Generic vs. specific Storing and sharing Web 2.0 as change

Generic vs. specific Storing and sharing Web 1.0 ► Saving favorite websites on computer ► Favorite websites available for one person at the time ► One characteristic to describe the favorite website Web 2.0 ► Saving favorite websites on Internet; ► Favorite websites available for more than one person at the time; ► More than one characteristic to describe the favorite website Storing and saving favorite websites ... Bookmarking Social bookmarking Web 2.0 as change

Generic vs. specific Storing and sharing Storing and saving favorite websites ... Web 2.0 as change

Generic vs. specific Storing and sharing Web 2.0 as change

Generic vs. specific Storing and sharing ► Technical maintenance is minimal , human promotion is maximal ► 100 % about sharing : institutions+individuals share favorite websites, the Focuss.Info Initiative shares the code for the subject specific search engine ► Disappearing disciplinary borders in the social science library ► The relevance of the results of Focuss.Info while using precise terms was much higher than that for the Google results (independent research by ODI) Web 2.0 as change

Generic vs. specific Storing and sharing Web 2.0 as change

► Are Web 2.0 technologies or initiatives driven by the tyranny of the majority? ► Is the Focuss.Info Initiative replacing other research tools, such as the generic search engines? Generic vs. specific Storing and sharing Problems/Questions Web 2.0 as change

Generic vs. specific Storing and sharing Web 2.0 as change

► Are Web 2.0 technologies or initiatives driven by the tyranny of the majority? ► Is the Focuss.Info Initiative replacing other research tools, such as the generic search engines? Generic vs. specific Storing and sharing Problems/Questions Web 2.0 as change

► www.focuss.info ► [email_address] ► Facebook: http:// www.facebook.com/group.php?gid =6516373841 ► Further readings: Lalleman, R. and Wesseling, M. (2008) Knowledge sharing through collaboration in development studies: The Focuss.Info Initiative, Information Development , 24(2), pp. 151-155 Lalleman, R. and Wesseling, M. (2008) Community contributed content and global studies research, Global-e: A global studies journal , 2(1), available at: http://global- ejournal.org Matthews, P. and Wunder, A. (2007) Evaluation of Google Co-op and Social Bookmarking at the Overseas Development Institute, www.web2fordev.net/

► www.focuss.info

► [email_address]

► Facebook: http:// www.facebook.com/group.php?gid =6516373841

► Further readings:

Lalleman, R. and Wesseling, M. (2008) Knowledge sharing through collaboration in development studies: The Focuss.Info Initiative, Information Development , 24(2), pp. 151-155

Lalleman, R. and Wesseling, M. (2008) Community contributed content and global studies research, Global-e: A global studies journal , 2(1), available at:

http://global- ejournal.org

Matthews, P. and Wunder, A. (2007) Evaluation of Google Co-op and Social Bookmarking at the Overseas Development Institute, www.web2fordev.net/