Web 2.0 Challenge Presented by The Computing Services Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries July – August, 2008

Presented by

The Computing Services

Special Interest Section

of the

American Association of Law Libraries

July – August, 2008

Social Bookmarking Using Del.icio.us and Diigo.com By Liz Glankler Emerging Technologies Librarian Saint Louis University Law Library

Social Bookmarking Social bookmarking can be used as a knowledge management system for individuals and groups. It is a powerful research and annotation tool that is searchable, shareable, and accessible from any computer.

Social bookmarking can be used as a knowledge management system for individuals and groups. It is a powerful research and annotation tool that is searchable, shareable, and accessible from any computer.

How does Social Bookmarking Work? Discover web pages of interest by tag searches, friends, and serendipity Add page to social bookmark site Add tags to page with words chosen by the user to describe the page Follow tags to discover other pages and users with the same interests Share and/or collaborate with others

Discover web pages of interest by tag searches, friends, and serendipity

Add page to social bookmark site

Add tags to page with words chosen by the user to describe the page

Follow tags to discover other pages and users with the same interests

Share and/or collaborate with others

Evaluation Features Shared and/or private? FAQ Bookmarklets ( icons for toolbar that allows you to quickly bookmark and tag) Tag Clouds (subject list) RSS Blog Open Source Import/Export Cost Backup

Shared and/or private?

FAQ

Bookmarklets ( icons for toolbar that allows you to quickly bookmark and tag)

Tag Clouds (subject list)

RSS

Blog

Open Source

Import/Export

Cost

Backup

Pros and Cons Limited amounts of space Subscription based (Linksagogo) Not able to share with group, only public (everyone) or private (just yourself) Automatic link checking (Netvouz) Specialized: EdTags(education) BibSonomy (literature) PennTags (members of the Penn State community) Citeulike (links to scholarly papers)

Limited amounts of space

Subscription based (Linksagogo)

Not able to share with group, only public (everyone) or private (just yourself)

Automatic link checking (Netvouz)

Specialized:

EdTags(education)

BibSonomy (literature)

PennTags (members of the Penn State community)

Citeulike (links to scholarly papers)

Tagging Tags are words that the user chooses that tell about the main points or subject of the webpage Tags are used in many of the social networking, Web 2.0 programs Tags can be viewed by loooking at tag clouds and tag bundles Tags may be put onto your own webpages or blogs

Tags are words that the user chooses that tell about the main points or subject of the webpage

Tags are used in many of the social networking, Web 2.0 programs

Tags can be viewed by loooking at tag clouds and tag bundles

Tags may be put onto your own webpages or blogs

Example of How other Libraries use Social Bookmarking ( Univ. of Michigan Library 2.0 )

Links to Del.icio.us from topical outline on web

Tags only

Alphabetical

Tag bundles

Training Resources Del.icio.us Social Bookmarking and Del.icio.us http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/podcasts/pc-delicious.html Diigo.com http://help.diigo.com/Getting_Started/Videos_Tutorials Most social bookmarking sites have training modules available

Del.icio.us

Social Bookmarking and Del.icio.us

http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/podcasts/pc-delicious.html

Diigo.com

http://help.diigo.com/Getting_Started/Videos_Tutorials

Most social bookmarking sites have training modules available

Why use Diigo? Sticky note Highlighting

Diigo Tag cloud

Diigo groups Groups

Health Law Group in Diigo

Save Elsewhere Saving to Diigo and Del.icio.us Simultaneously

Bookmark, tag, and save. Simultaneously saves in Diigo and Del.icio.us

New bookmarks in Del.icio.us and diigo

Using Del.icio.us Tag Bundles

Lots of tag bundles!

My broader category

Overall Process Read some of the recommended articles Search for social bookmark sites Evaluate and choose Join Upload webpages Tag the webpages Share

Read some of the recommended articles

Search for social bookmark sites

Evaluate and choose

Join

Upload webpages

Tag the webpages

Share

Web 2.0 Challenge Assignment

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