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DEL.ICIO.US
SOCIAL BOOKMARKING
AND LIBRARIES
Ellie Dworak, Boise State University, Albertsons
Library

So what can I do with this?
(besides find neat links)
(more to the point, what can my library do
with this?)

Organize bookmarks on a topic:

Create a list of popular books:

Create a tag cloud for your
website:

Generate and maintain subject
guides:

Questions:
do you think about delicious?
•What
•Can you imagine using it for your library?
•What other ideas do you have?

SIMPLER CITATIONS
Kim Leeder
SWILA 2009
Caldwell, ID

Overload!
Are you & your
patrons
overwhelmed by
how to organize and
cite sources?
Librarians

College students

High school students

Independent researchers

Etc.!


It’s manageable
Don’t panic! You can manage references using
special (free) online citation management
software.

Zotero to the rescue!

Save & archive
Saves copies of articles and web pages to

easily archive information.
 In many cases Zotero saves the full details of the
item - including author, title, publication details -
that will be needed to cite it later. These details
may easily be edited for accuracy, or filled in
where necessary.
 You’llhave an archived copy of the page in most
cases, so no fears about broken links later! (Or
fewer fears, anyway...)

Organize
Drag-and-drop, iTunes-like interface allows

easy organization of saved items in folders
(collections).

Describe
Add notes and/or tags to saved items.

 Zotero automatically assigns tags that it identifies
from item metadata, such as library catalog
subject headings.
 Notes can be any free-form text about an item.

Search
Many search options make it easy to locate

saved items later. Zotero searches all fields of
an item, including full-text, unless otherwise
directed.

Cite!
Drag and drop items into

Word, blogging
windows, and other
applications to easily
create citations in the
style you specify in
“Preferences.”
Or: export your entire

library as a bibliography
with additional plug-ins
for MS Word and Open

Considerations
Catalogs, databases, etc., need to be

compatible with Zotero to allow it to harvest full
metadata (many already are, including
ProQuest!).
Must be downloaded and installed as a Firefox

add-on.
Does not always identify the permanent URL

for an item; these must be added manually in
some cases.
No sharing options (yet).


Similar tool: BibMe

It couldn’t get easier than this!
 Terrific for
books, websites
(though they should be
reviewed, esp.
websites).
 Will automatically
locate information and
create citation.

Not as great for articles
Most must be

entered
manually, by
putting info in
specified fields.
Citations are

generated from
information
entered.

There are more tools like this
BibSonomy, based on delicious but focused on

sharing research links
CiteULike

Connotea, science oriented

Mendeley Web

And many more… see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ref
erence_management_software
Choose the one you like best!


Welcome to citation Zen
Thanks!

Jing – What is it?
TechSmith product

Web based

Screen capture tool

 Narrated streaming video
 Fixed (enhanced) screen captures
Free software download from

http://www.jingproject.com/
Sara R. Seely, SWILA 2009

Jing - Considerations
Jing logo (because it’s free)

 No post-production editing
 May become pay-for
 Perpetual beta – updates a lot
 Ephemeral
Sara R. Seely, SWILA 2009

Jing – Teaching Example

Jing – Work Example

Jing – Why use it?
Show instead of tell

 Visual learners
 Video and images as information
sources
Sara R. Seely, SWILA 2009

Jing – Why use it?
Time saver

Librarians
Patrons
Sara R. Seely, SWILA 2009

Jing – Why use it?
Reach patrons virtually

 Portable, tailored help
chat, website
Email,
Sara R. Seely, SWILA 2009

Jing – alternatives
ScreenToaster

 Fireshot
Add-on
Firefox
Sara R. Seely, SWILA 2009

Jing
How might you use it?
Questions?
Sara R. Seely, SWILA 2009