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WISER: Technology Tools Getting Organised on the Web. Jane Rawson, Vere Harmsworth Library Emma Cragg, Sainsbury 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 .
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WISER: Technology ToolsGetting Organised on the Web Jane Rawson, Vere Harmsworth Library Emma Cragg, Sainsbury Library
Web 2.0 • Web 2.0is a term being used to describe anew generation of internet sitesandserviceswhichencourage participationandcollaborationbetweenuser 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 • My WorldCat, LibraryThing • RSS feeds and readers • Google Reader, Bloglines • Customised start pages • iGoogle, Pageflakes, NetVibes
Social bookmarking • 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 • 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 • Oxford examples: • 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 Saved by others Notes and tags
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
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 bytags 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 View other people’s libraries Read reviews Browse by tags Get recommendations
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/ http://www.bloglines.com/
Add subscriptions Organise subscriptions
Star items Share items
Sources • Look for the RSS icon • News sites e.g. Google News, BBC • Databases e.g. Business Source Complete • Blogs e.g. Financial Times, TechCrunch • Social bookmarking sites e.g. del.icio.us
Start pages • Redesign the web to suit your needs • Create a launch pad for your research • http://www.google.com/ig • http://www.pageflakes.com/ • http://www.netvibes.com/
Features • Bookmarks • Email • RSS feeds • Search tools • To do lists • External widgets; social networking, IM
Return to homepage Search for gadgets Add to your homepage Add individual RSS feeds
Conclusion: Benefits • 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