This week is about social bookmarking and tagging, you need to register at the site associated with each of the "things". Watch this three and a half minute video to learn about social bookmarking and tagging.
Delicious.com
Delicious stores all your bookmarks in one place for use from any computer with internet access - very handyis you have bookmarks stored on several computers (or browswers). The blog post 8 reasons to use Delicious explains how the site works and the Web 2.0 Potluck's Bookmarks provides an example of a working Delicious account. You can save links by installing the delicious toolbar or by going to the site and copying and pasting the link into the "save bookmark" box. You can add tags when you save the link and also add a special tag to enable you to send it to a fellow delicious user.
EBSCO lets you post a link to an article directly to your delicious account - which could be useful both in helping students and for our professional reading. It uses the ezyproxy link so it can only be used by our patrons. You can also copy and paste the links from databases with direct article links such as JSTOR.
If you want to be notified about new things tagged with a specific tag you can subscribe to that tag either through delicious subscription feature or through RSS. The same applies to any given member's bookmarks.
If you are not keen on searching others' tags or tagging itself, another good online bookmark repository is Google Bookmarks (and if you have a Google account it has the added bonus of not needing to create a whole new account). This allows you to create categories and save a site into various categories so you can split your bookmarks without getting into the social and tagging aspects of sites like delicious. You can either add the Google Toolbar to your web browser, as it comes with an icon to book mark and tag (but this may require some downloading) or you can add it to your iGoogle page (we will look at this in a few weeks).
LibraryThing.com
LibraryThing allows you to catalogue your books online using the records from 690 sources including Amazon.com, Library of Congress and a certain mystery site in the South Pacific. The Introduction to LibraryThing shows you the basics of what you need to get started with LibraryThing. Some particularly useful features for individuals include the recommendations feature, the ability to join groups and read reviews written by real people.
You can also subscribe by RSS to any given members new book additions, book reviews by them OR book reviews of the books in their collection written by other people. Clicking on any given book lets how many people have it in their collections,which tags it has been given, and similar book recomendations.
Nelson Public library uses "LibraryThing for Libraries" to add extra content like cover picture and tags to some records. Try searching their catalogue to see what the records look like. (Hint: it is better for fiction).
Thing 10: Set up your own Delicious account and add between five and ten sites.
Take a look at some of the sites saved by other users that have a) used the same tag as you or b) used the same site as you.
Thing 11: Set up a LibraryThing account and add at least 5-10 books
Take a look at other people's libraries. You can search by username or see people who have tagged the same books as you. You can even click on a tag and see all the books with that tag.
Fun and games: if you have time
Other sites to try
You might want to take a look at a few different sites - there might be another service you like and want to use.
In terms of social cataloguing popular sites include
Delicious.com
Delicious stores all your bookmarks in one place for use from any computer with internet access - very handyis you have bookmarks stored on several computers (or browswers). The blog post 8 reasons to use Delicious explains how the site works and the Web 2.0 Potluck's Bookmarks provides an example of a working Delicious account. You can save links by installing the delicious toolbar or by going to the site and copying and pasting the link into the "save bookmark" box. You can add tags when you save the link and also add a special tag to enable you to send it to a fellow delicious user.
EBSCO lets you post a link to an article directly to your delicious account - which could be useful both in helping students and for our professional reading. It uses the ezyproxy link so it can only be used by our patrons. You can also copy and paste the links from databases with direct article links such as JSTOR.
If you want to be notified about new things tagged with a specific tag you can subscribe to that tag either through delicious subscription feature or through RSS. The same applies to any given member's bookmarks.
If you are not keen on searching others' tags or tagging itself, another good online bookmark repository is Google Bookmarks (and if you have a Google account it has the added bonus of not needing to create a whole new account). This allows you to create categories and save a site into various categories so you can split your bookmarks without getting into the social and tagging aspects of sites like delicious. You can either add the Google Toolbar to your web browser, as it comes with an icon to book mark and tag (but this may require some downloading) or you can add it to your iGoogle page (we will look at this in a few weeks).
LibraryThing.com
LibraryThing allows you to catalogue your books online using the records from 690 sources including Amazon.com, Library of Congress and a certain mystery site in the South Pacific. The Introduction to LibraryThing shows you the basics of what you need to get started with LibraryThing. Some particularly useful features for individuals include the recommendations feature, the ability to join groups and read reviews written by real people.
You can also subscribe by RSS to any given members new book additions, book reviews by them OR book reviews of the books in their collection written by other people. Clicking on any given book lets how many people have it in their collections,which tags it has been given, and similar book recomendations.
Nelson Public library uses "LibraryThing for Libraries" to add extra content like cover picture and tags to some records. Try searching their catalogue to see what the records look like. (Hint: it is better for fiction).
Thing 10: Set up your own Delicious account and add between five and ten sites.
Take a look at some of the sites saved by other users that have a) used the same tag as you or b) used the same site as you.
Thing 11: Set up a LibraryThing account and add at least 5-10 books
Take a look at other people's libraries. You can search by username or see people who have tagged the same books as you. You can even click on a tag and see all the books with that tag.
Fun and games: if you have time
- Explore the 'subscription' features in Delicious and look at tag bundles.
- Try out some of the other LibraryThing features such as discussion forums, groups and book reviews.
- For those who want extra reading, here is an article from Library Hi Tech about LibraryThing and libraries.
- It is possible to add link rolls from your delicious links and featured books from your Librarything library to your blog. If you get time you might want to try this for your 23 things blog (or any other personal blogs you have).
- Post your delicious or Librarything usernames on the Ning so people can find you and add you to their networks.
Other sites to try
You might want to take a look at a few different sites - there might be another service you like and want to use.
- Diigo offers some similar features to Delicious, as well as highlighting and simultaneous posting to other bookmarking sites (including Delicious) meaning the two could be used in tandem.
- Stumbleupon is a site where you can favourite websites and save them to an online favourites collection
- Digg and Reddit work on the premise that sites are voted for with the most popular being the most prominently displayed on the Digg and Reddit sites.
In terms of social cataloguing popular sites include
- Shelfari and
- Good Reads.
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