Pgstreby's Favorite Links on social_bookmarking from Diigo

Examples of how libraries can use Diigo

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:23:24 -0000

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Here are some examples of electronic resources I've bookmarked for my library. If you expand all, you can follow the "more information" links to the bibliographic records in our catalog. (If you don't understand my library jargon, that's okay; just follow the links and it should be clear what I'm talking about.)

And this is just the tip of the iceberg; annotations could include sound and video clips, links to other suggested resources ("see also..."), hyperlinked search strings for the library catalog, WorldCat.org, Diigo, Google, or other sources, plus about a zillion things that I can't even think of.
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Highlights and Sticky Notes:

Here are some examples of electronic resources I've bookmarked for my library. If you expand all, you can follow the "more information" links to the bibliographic records in our catalog. (If you don't understand my library jargon, that's okay; just follow the links and it should be clear what I'm talking about.)
And this is just the tip of the iceberg; annotations could include sound and video clips, links to other suggested resources ("see also..."), hyperlinked search strings for the library catalog, WorldCat.org, Diigo, Google, or other sources, plus about a zillion things that I can't even think of. posted by pgstreby

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Put a tag cloud of the most widely held library works on your Web site or blog

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:49:02 -0000

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The “OCLC Top 1000” list presents the top works most widely held by libraries. First published in the fall of 2004, the list was most recently updated in 2005. The list reflects true classics and canonical works of western culture. The list also shows the extent to which libraries strive to meet the needs of their readers, by offering books in high demand in any given year. The list contains classic works such as the Bible, utilitarian works such as the U.S. Census and also popular works such as Tom Brokaw’s Greatest Generation.

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Week 2: RSS and Social Bookmarking | Five Weeks To A Social Library

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:41:38 -0000

Tags: libraries social_bookmarking

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Product Pipeline - 7/15/2006 - netConnect

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:40:21 -0000

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Social bookmarking tools serve two general purposes: helping you keep track of what you've seen and showing you what you may have missed.

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CiteULike: A free online service to organise your academic papers

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:23:50 -0000

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CiteULike is a free service to help you to store, organise and share the scholarly papers you are reading. When you see a paper on the web that interests you, you can click one button and have it added to your personal library. posted by pgstreby

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PennTags / help /

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:16:26 -0000

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PennTags is a social bookmarking tool for locating, organizing, and sharing your favorite online resources. Members of the Penn Community can collect and maintain URLs, links to journal articles, and records in Franklin, our online catalog and VCat, our online video catalog. Once these resources are compiled, you can organize them by assigning tags (free-text keywords) and/or by grouping them into projects, according to your specific preferences. PennTags can also be used collaboratively, because it acts as a repository of the varied interests and academic pursuits of the Penn community, and can help you find topics and users related to your own favorite online resources.
PennTags was developed by librarians at the University of Pennsylvania.

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InfoTangle :: The Hive Mind: Folksonomies and User-Based Tagging :: December :: 2005

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:14:15 -0000

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There is a revolution happening on the Internet that is alive and building momentum with each passing tag. With the advent of social software and Web 2.0, we usher in a new era of Internet order. One in which the user has the power to effect their own online experience, and contribute to others’. Today, users are adding metadata and using tags to organize their own digital collections, categorize the content of others and build bottom-up classification systems. The wisdom of crowds, the hive mind, and the collective intelligence are doing what heretofore only expert catalogers, information architects and website authors have done. They are categorizing and organizing the Internet and determining the user experience, and it’s working. No longer do the experts have the monopoly on this domain; in this new age users have been empowered to determine their own cataloging needs. Metadata is now in the realm of the Everyman.

Tags: folksonomies libraries social_bookmarking

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Social Bookmarking And Tagging At Academic Libraries

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:10:38 -0000

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I used some of my break time to further delve into what’s happening with social bookmarking and tagging activity. These are interesting technologies, and I’m wondering if much exploration is taking place at academic libraries. There are a few academic librarians out there who have caught on to the use of social bookmarking software and tagging - and a few are actively promoting it on their blogs. For example, Ellyssa Kroski, a reference librarian at Columbia University, discusses tagging and folksonomies at her blog Infotangle. But at the library, not individual, level we are only beginning to explore how to exploit this technology to promote user access to resources and services.

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Catalog | Ann Arbor District Library

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:07:24 -0000

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The Ann Arbor (Michigan) District Library uses social bookmarking in its catalog. Manga fans seem to be the biggest users of this option.
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Diigo Fiction: Marginalia in the Library of Babel at WRT: Writer Response Theory

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:36:49 -0000

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Criteria for Evaluating Social Bookmarking Tools | Instructional Design and Development Blog

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:09:43 -0000

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If you’re not familiar with the term social bookmarking, it’s typically used to describe tools that allow users to save links to their favorite sites on a web server. This allows you to access these links from any computer with an Internet connection, making them easier to share than bookmarks or favorites saved on your computer’s hard drive. Social bookmarking tools also make it easier to categorize links and to find new sites that are recommended by people with similar interests. Some social bookmarking tools offer many additional features that are ideal for collaborative learning, allowing users to create groups and discussion forums and even call attention to specific webpage content with virtual “sticky notes” and highlights. However, many of these features have yet to be implemented in a refined and reliable way.

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My Favorite Social Bookmarking Tools (for Now) | Instructional Design and Development Blog

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:33:17 -0000

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Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World [OCLC - Membership reports]

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:41:47 -0000

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The practice of using a social network to establish and enhance relationships based on some common ground—shared interests, related skills, or a common geographic location—is as old as human societies, but social networking has flourished due to the ease of connecting on the Web. This OCLC membership report explores this web of social participation and cooperation on the Internet and how it may impact the library’s role, including:
- The use of social networking, social media, commercial and library services on the Web
- How and what users and librarians share on the Web and their attitudes toward related privacy issues
- Opinions on privacy online
- Libraries’ current and future roles in social networking
The report is based on a survey (by Harris Interactive on behalf of OCLC) of the general public from six countries—Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States—and of library directors from the U.S. The research provides insights into the values and social-networking habits of library users.

Social networking was also discussed at the OCLC Symposium “Who’s Watching YOUR Space?” at ALA Midwinter 2007, while property law and privacy rights were discussed at the OCLC Symposium: “Is the Library Open?” at ALA Annual 2007.

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This will also be available in print on Monday, October 29, 2007.
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