Transcript Presentation - Bodleian Libraries

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Getting Organised on the Web
Jane Rawson, Vere Harmsworth Library
Penny Schenk, Bodleian Law Library
Web 2.0
• Web 2.0 is a term being used to describe a
new generation of internet sites and
services which encourage
participation and collaboration
between
user communities.
What’s in it for me?
• Sites/tools that can help you to:
– Organise yourself on the web
– Discover new content and bring the web to you
– Share research and interesting content with others
• No technical know-how needed and it’s almost
all free!
Tools to look at today
• Social bookmarking
– delicious, StumbleUpon etc
• Social cataloguing
– SOLO e-shelf, My WorldCat, LibraryThing
• RSS feeds and readers
– Google Reader
• Customised start pages
– iGoogle, NetVibes
Social bookmarking
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Create personal lists of web links
Add comments or information
Share web links with others
Accessible from anywhere
Add tags to classify/filter your list
View other people’s lists and discover new sites
Social bookmarking sites
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http://delicious.com
http://www.connotea.org
http://www.simpy.com
http://www.stumbleupon.com
http://digg.com
http://reddit.com
http://www.diigo.com
http://www.google.com/bookmarks
Delicious
• One of the first and most basic sites, pioneered tagging
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Vere Harmsworth Library: http://delicious.com/vhllib
History Faculty Library: http://delicious.com/HFLOxford
Bodleian Law Library: http://delicious.com/lawbod
Education Library: http://delicious.com/EDLIBOxford
Language Centre Library: http://delicious.com/LanguageLibOxford
Sainsbury Library: http://delicious.com/SainsburyLibrary
Nuffield College Library: http://delicious.com/NuffieldCollegeLibrary
Philosophy Library: http://delicious.com/Oxford_Philosophy_Library
Zoology Library: http://delicious.com/zoolib
Posting
Network – view other people’s
links
Use tags
to filter
Notes
and tags
Saved by others
Discovering with Delicious
• Search by keyword
• Search by tag
http://delicious.com/tag/[??]
• Subscribe to feeds by user or by tag
• Share your links
Social cataloguing
• Make personal lists of books, add notes
and tags and share
• View other people’s lists/libraries
• View ‘social data’ – other people’s tags,
reviews, ratings, recommendations
Social features in SOLO
• Click through to Google
Books/Amazon/WorldCat
• Add and view tags, reviews and ratings
• Search and browse by tags
• Export records to
Endnote/Refworks/Connotea/delicious
SOLO e-shelf
• Sign in using Oxford single sign-on or use
as guest
• Save records, and sort into folders
• Save searches to run again or subscribe
to updates (email or RSS)
Organise
In folders
Email alerts
View full record
• Web version of OCLC’s WorldCat, with web 2.0
features
• Create personal reading lists with space for
notes, RSS feeds
• Share with others
• Export as citations
• Add social data to WorldCat records
http://www.worldcat.org
Search
Save to
personal
lists
Export to
EndNote/
RefWorks
Save to
delicious etc
Add/browse
by tags
Add/read
reviews
Feeds
Save to
delicious etc
Create and export as bibliography
Add notes
• Like a WorldCat of personal libraries
• Catalogue your personal library and show it off
with widgets
• Add and view social data– LT social data is
much more comprehensive than My WorldCat
• Get recommendations
• Join groups to discuss
http://www.librarything.com
Add books
See who
else owns
it
Filter with
tags
Search
Link through to other
sites/ebooks/catalogues
Read
reviews
View other people’s
libraries
Browse by tags
Get
recommendations
LibraryThing bells & whistles
RSS feeds
• RSS = Really Simple Syndication
• Subscribe to updates from a variety of
electronic resources
– Keep up to date
– Don’t miss out
– Save time
RSS feed readers
• Organise feeds using folders and tags
• Share single items, entire feeds or bundles
of feeds
http://www.google.com/reader/
Add subscriptions
Organise subscriptions
Star items
Share items
Sources
• Look for the RSS icon
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News sites e.g. Google News, BBC
Databases e.g. Business Source Complete
Blogs e.g. Financial Times, TechCrunch
Social bookmarking sites e.g. delicious
Start pages
• Redesign the web to suit your needs
• Create a launch pad for your research
• http://www.google.com/ig
• http://www.netvibes.com/
Features
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Bookmarks
Email
RSS feeds
Search tools
To do lists
External widgets; social networking, IM
Add gadgets to your homepage
Return to homepage
Add to your homepage
Add individual
RSS feeds
Search for gadgets
RSS feeds and news
Web tools
Conclusion: Benefits
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Information comes to you
Save time
Content not restricted to one computer
Customisable
Share information
Collective wisdom
Conclusion
• Organise yourself on the web
– Save your bookmarks, create reading lists and bibliographies,
rationalise your reading, build your own web portal
• Discover new content and bring the web to you
– Use the ‘wisdom of crowds’ to filter the best of the web,
subscribe to updates
• Share research and interesting content with others
– Get back what you put in, make recommendations, work
collaboratively