SOCIAL BOOKMARKING

Presented by Erin Dorney, Information Delivery Services Technician

eedwml@rit.edu

Today we will learn:

What Social Bookmarking is. What Furl, Stumbleupon, Digg and del.icio.us

are. How you can use Social Bookmarking at

home or at work. How to set up and use a del.icio.us profile.

If you have questions, feel free to ask at any time

Now:

What is it?

“Social bookmarking is the practice of saving bookmarks to a public Web site and “tagging” them with keywords.” (Educause)

So…what is tagging? A tag is a keyword that connects multiple

related objects together.

Why do people do it?

Accessibility Web based storage

Organization Keywords/tagging

Collaboration Students, family, friends, peers

What services are out there?

FURL

http://www.furl.net/ 2003 Archives a static copy of everything you

save You can import your del.icio.us info. to

FURL You can rate the things you save (1-5) Must install the button

Digg

http://digg.com/ 2003 A social news site

Articles, links, video, podcasts, etc. Users vote on what info is the best by

“digging” it Build a network of friends, see what they

“digg”

StumbleUpon

http://www.stumbleupon.com/ Discover and share Rate items with thumbs up/thumbs down Generates a peer network of likeminded

users Must install toolbar

Del.icio.us

http://del.icio.us/ 2003 Store, share, discover info. Don’t have to install buttons Simple, easy interface

Common Craft Video

http://www.commoncraft.com/bookmarking-plain-english

Get started:

RIT use:

Accessibility, organization, collaboration Create a course account

Assign students to add resources to the collection

Require students to read bookmarked resources

Send students your profile URL to keep track of new resources as you add them

Personal Use:

Accessibility, organization, collaboration Stay abreast of new developments by

colleagues Save sources for research projects Create wish lists Collaborate with teams & committees

QUESTIONS?Feel free to contact me later via email: eedwml@rit.edu

Presented by Erin Dorney, Information Delivery Services Technician

eedwml@rit.edu