Introduction to Social Bookmarking

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1. Slide 1: Intro duc tio n to S o c ial Bo o kmarking • Allows you to share: internet favorites, online resources, books and journal articles • Tagging helps organise resources • Numerous tools available:
2. Slide 2: • A way to share internet favourites or bookmarks online • Accessible from anywhere • Tagging facilitates resource discovery • Can be used to share resources in teaching. See examples from LASSIE project, from Institute of Education
3. Slide 3: Other things about del.icio.us • It’s free! • Can build a network to share resources • Using unique tags allows customised lists to be built e.g. for specific groups or events • Del.icio.us is very flexible and tags can be put onto web pages
4. Slide 4: • A personal reference management tool for storing and sharing your books and journals articles • Uses tagging to organise your papers • Can be used for resource discovery • Can be used to create a reading list for students • Doesn’t currently support export to Endnote • Free!
5. Slide 5: • Developed by Harvard Law School for creating online ‘playlists’ or reading lists see my example • Can add all sorts of different resources: internet sites, PDFs, books, journal articles • Good for resource discovery: uses tagging • Free!
6. Slide 6: • For the budding librarian! • Allows you to create a list of your books and to share these • See my book list as an example • Can add reviews, ratings and discuss books • Recommends books to you … and
7. Slide 7: In s ummary • Convenient, online organisation • Fun and social • Aids resource discovery • Uses data in many existing systems such as Amazon