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WISER: Gadgets and Widgets 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. 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 – del.icio.us, StumbleUpon etc • Social cataloguing – My WorldCat, LibraryThing • RSS feeds and readers – Google Reader, Bloglines • Customised start pages – iGoogle, Page Flakes, 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://del.icio.us http://www.connotea.org http://www.simpy.com http://www.stumbleupon.com http://digg.com http://reddit.com http://www.furl.net Del.icio.us • One of the first and most basic sites, pioneered tagging • Oxford examples: – Vere Harmsworth Library: http://del.icio.us/vhllib – History Faculty Library: http://del.icio.us/HFLOxford – Bodleian Law Library: http://del.icio.us/lawbod Network – view other people’s links Posting Use tags to filter Notes and tags Saved by others Discovering with Delicious • Search by keyword • Search by tag http://del.icio.us/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 Export to EndNote/ RefWorks Save to delicious etc Save to personal lists 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 View other people’s libraries Browse by tags Read reviews 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 • Also known as feed aggregators • Organise feeds using folders and tags • Share single items or entire feeds http://www.google.com/reader/ http://www.bloglines.com/ 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 E-mail RSS feeds Search tools To do lists External widgets; social networking, IM RSS feeds and news Web tools 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