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WISER: Gadgets and Widgets

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?.

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WISER: Gadgets and Widgets

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  1. WISER: Gadgets and Widgets Jane Rawson, Vere Harmsworth Library Emma Cragg, Sainsbury Library

  2. Web 2.0 • Web 2.0is a term being used to describe anew generation of internet sitesandserviceswhichencourage participationandcollaborationbetweenuser communities.

  3. 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!

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Network – view other people’s links Posting Use tags to filter Notes and tags Saved by others

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Search Export to EndNote/ RefWorks Save to delicious etc Save to personal lists Add/read reviews

  13. Feeds Save to delicious etc Create and export as bibliography Add notes

  14. 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

  15. Add books See who else owns it Filter with tags

  16. Search View other people’s libraries Browse by tags Read reviews Get recommendations

  17. LibraryThing bells & whistles

  18. 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

  19. 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/

  20. 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

  21. 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/

  22. Features • Bookmarks • E-mail • RSS feeds • Search tools • To do lists • External widgets; social networking, IM

  23. RSS feeds and news

  24. Web tools

  25. Conclusion: Benefits • Information comes to you • Save time • Content not restricted to one computer • Customisable • Share information • Collective wisdom

  26. 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

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