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What is

  Social Bookmarking?
          Katy Jordan, klj33@cam.ac.uk

            9th November 2011, London
                       Knowledge Lab
1. What it is

1. Why it might be useful

1. Which tool is right for you
What is social bookmarking?
• A way of making collections of web-based
  resources
• Web-based tools – accessible anywhere
  with an internet connection
• Basic principle of bookmarking pages –
  like ‘favourites’ in a web browser
• But there are several advantages of social
  bookmarking tools
Benefits of social
   bookmarking confined to one
• Web-based tools – not
    computer - interoperability
•   Tagging can be used to help manage and
    structure your collections
•   Sharing and discoverability
•   Group formation
•   Dissemination – improves search ranking
Demonstration
Which tool is right for you
• Will you be bookmarking a lot of journal
  papers? – DOI lookup, e.g.
  Connotea, Zotero

• Are you building a literature review? –
  EndNote-like plugins, e.g. Zotero (or
  Bibtex export)

• Would you like to be able to ‘follow’ others
  updates, like Twitter? E.g. Diigo, Zotero

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What is social bookmarking?

  • 1. What is Social Bookmarking? Katy Jordan, klj33@cam.ac.uk 9th November 2011, London Knowledge Lab
  • 2. 1. What it is 1. Why it might be useful 1. Which tool is right for you
  • 3. What is social bookmarking? • A way of making collections of web-based resources • Web-based tools – accessible anywhere with an internet connection • Basic principle of bookmarking pages – like ‘favourites’ in a web browser • But there are several advantages of social bookmarking tools
  • 4. Benefits of social bookmarking confined to one • Web-based tools – not computer - interoperability • Tagging can be used to help manage and structure your collections • Sharing and discoverability • Group formation • Dissemination – improves search ranking
  • 6. Which tool is right for you • Will you be bookmarking a lot of journal papers? – DOI lookup, e.g. Connotea, Zotero • Are you building a literature review? – EndNote-like plugins, e.g. Zotero (or Bibtex export) • Would you like to be able to ‘follow’ others updates, like Twitter? E.g. Diigo, Zotero