s’more delicious sites TCLC Summer Camp July 16, 2008 Lianne Hartman Reference/Instruction Librarian J Wynia

S electing O rganizing S haring del.icio.us Website for online social bookmarking You can integrate it with your browser Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) Create mini-Internets of websites you choose Get a search box into those sites

del.icio.us

Website for online social bookmarking

You can integrate it with your browser

Google Custom Search Engine (CSE)

Create mini-Internets of websites you choose

Get a search box into those sites

Social Bookmarking Common Craft guys explain it better www.commoncraft.com/bookmarking-plain-english Ei! Krumpel ramson

Common Craft guys explain it better

www.commoncraft.com/bookmarking-plain-english

Let’s Build It! Open Firefox Go to delicious.com Click on Get Started or Register Register Wait on the first page

Open Firefox

Go to delicious.com

Click on Get Started or Register

Register

Wait on the first page

The Fine Art of Tagging Develop your own subject headings Tags can be anything: description, action, person cambodia4kidsorg

Develop your own subject headings

Tags can be anything: description, action, person

Don’t be a Tag Hog! Share! Find out the username of the person next to you Tag a site with for:his/her name hthg1983 gratuitous cute animal picture

Find out the username of the person next to you

Tag a site with for:his/her name

Discovery Use delicious to find sites recommended by other people Search all tags on delicious Create a network to share with friends, family, colleagues, others with similar interests

Use delicious to find sites recommended by other people

Search all tags on delicious

Create a network to share with friends, family, colleagues, others with similar interests

Tagging in the Stacks Working with a student? Recommending a lot of sites? - Tag them with the student’s name Standard URLs http://del.icio.us/ GMCLibrarian / Barbara Courses, faculty members, who/what else?

Working with a student? Recommending a lot of sites?

- Tag them with the student’s name

Standard URLs

http://del.icio.us/ GMCLibrarian / Barbara

Courses, faculty members, who/what else?

Fancy delicious RSS Feeds available for all of your tags RSS2HTML www.rss2html.com Use to create subject guides, course guides, etc. Advantage: able to update on-the-fly Disadvantage: time to set up initially

RSS Feeds available for all of your tags

RSS2HTML www.rss2html.com

Use to create subject guides, course guides, etc.

Advantage: able to update on-the-fly

Disadvantage: time to set up initially

back at the library… Open Firefox If you don’t have Firefox, go to getfirefox.com Go to delicious.com Login with username/password you created today Go to Help Select Firefox Bookmarks Extension

Open Firefox

If you don’t have Firefox, go to getfirefox.com

Go to delicious.com

Login with username/password you created today

Go to Help

Select Firefox Bookmarks Extension

Summer Camp is In-Tents

Summer Camp is In-Tents

Search me. Create your own corner of the web Google Custom Search Google.com/cse Rollyo Rollyo.com

Create your own corner of the web

Google Custom Search

Google.com/cse

Rollyo

Rollyo.com

Ultimate Recipe Search http://allrecipes.com/* http://foodnetwork.com/* http://epicurious.com/* ninahale

http://allrecipes.com/*

http://foodnetwork.com/*

http://epicurious.com/*

Let’s Customize! http://www.google.com/cse

http://www.google.com/cse

Why? Already identified sites that are useful Cut down number of results Guide students to resources you know will be helpful

Already identified sites that are useful

Cut down number of results

Guide students to resources you know will be helpful

Examples Reeves Library @ Moravian College http://home.moravian.edu/public/reeves/ research/web/ websubject.htm Education Research and Reports http://tinyurl.com/6ccn7m

Reeves Library @ Moravian College

http://home.moravian.edu/public/reeves/

research/web/ websubject.htm

Education Research and Reports

http://tinyurl.com/6ccn7m

Thank you! If you get stuck, let me know. I’d be happy to unstick you. [email_address]

If you get stuck, let me know. I’d be happy to unstick you.

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