delicious social bookmarking in the public library
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This is a presentation I did for LIS 644: Technology Tools and Trends at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.TRANSCRIPT
Delicious Social Delicious Social BookmarkingBookmarking
in the Public Libraryin the Public Library
By: Amy ByrneLIS 644: Digital Tools, Trends, and Debates
What is Social What is Social Bookmarking?Bookmarking?“Social bookmarking is a way for Internet users to
store, organize, share and search bookmarks of web pages. In a social bookmarking system, users save links to web pages that they want to remember and/or share. These bookmarks are usually public, but depending on the service's features, may be saved privately, shared only with specific people or groups, shared only inside certain networks, or another combination of publicness and privateness. The allowed people can usually view these bookmarks chronologically, by category or tags, via a search engine, or even randomly.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking )
What is Delicious?What is Delicious?Delicious keeps all your bookmarks
in one place on the webYou can access your bookmarks
from any computer, anytime, anywhere
Organize your bookmarks by tagging them
Share your bookmarksFind other people with your same
interests
What Does Delicious Mean What Does Delicious Mean for the Future of Libraries?for the Future of Libraries?Simple way of developing lists of
library resourcesLittle technical expertise is required,
more staff are engagedLibraries can extract data from their
accounts and share it on their own website
Patrons can subscribe to your bookmarks by RSS feed
It’s free and easy!
Why Is Delicious Important Why Is Delicious Important to Your Patrons?to Your Patrons?Librarians can evaluate and add
trustworthy web sourcesLibrarians can create online
pathfindersCreate lists of books to read on a
particular topic – link back to your library’s online catalog
Tags are created in plain language
Why Is Delicious Important Why Is Delicious Important to Your Staff?to Your Staff?
Information is readily availableLowers barriers for participation
among staffLibrarians have more
participation in information patrons receive
It’s easy to use
How Does My Library Get How Does My Library Get It?It?Create an account at
http://www.delicious.comDownload the Delicious
bookmarking buttons
Start saving URLs and tag themLet your patrons know you’re
using Delicious
Holdrege Area Public Holdrege Area Public LibraryLibrary
Menasha Public LibraryMenasha Public Library
Nashville Public LibraryNashville Public Library
Chelmsford Public LibraryChelmsford Public Library
San Mateo San Mateo Public Public LibraryLibrary
URLs are organized by Dewey
ConclusionConclusion
Benefit patrons and staffEasyAccessible
Works ConsultedWorks Consulted Darby, Andrew, and Ron Gilmour. "Tutorial: Adding Delicious Data to Your Library
Website." Information Technology & Libraries 28.2 (2009): 100-103. Professional Development Collection. EBSCO. Web. 2 Apr. 2010
DesRoches, Donna. "All Together Now." School Library Journal 53.1 (2007): 33. Professional Development Collection. EBSCO. Web. 2 Apr. 2010.
Farkas, Meredith. "Isn't It Del.icio.us?." American Libraries 39.4 (2008): 32. Professional Development Collection. EBSCO. Web. 2 Apr. 2010.
http://angelacw.wordpress.com http://angelacw.wordpress.com/2007/06/04/delicious-libraries/ http://www.delicious.com http://delicious.com/greenfieldlibrary http://delicious.com/menashalibrary http://delicious.com/SanMateoLibrary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicious_%28website%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking http://www.holdregelibrary.org/delicious_links.html http://www.library.nashville.org/teens/teenweb.asp http://www.menashalibrary.org/ Rethlefsen, Melissa L. "TAGS HELP MAKE LIBRARIES DEL.ICIO.US." Library Journal
132.15 (2007): 26-28. Professional Development Collection. EBSCO. Web. 2 Apr. 2010.