Social Bookmarking & Open Access

in a Development Context

by drs Nynke KruiderinkSeptember 23, 2010

questions

• Facebook?

• Twitter?

• RSS feeds?

• Mobile phone with internet access?

• ICT4D? (information and communication technologies for development)

Information and Communication Technologies for Development

(ICT4D)

The Network University

(TNU)

International Agricultural Centre (IAC)

International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)

cc IICD by attribution

Mobile Phones

cc IICD by attribution

how fast, how far…

Global Mobile Net Additions 1Q 2010

Source: http://www.ametw.com/African_telecoms_research_reports/20100708_africa_global_share.shtml

“Open” movements

Open Source

Open Architecture

Open Cars

Open Content

Open Access

Open Education

Open Standards

Open Formats

Open Systems

Open Space

Open Organisation

Open Philanthropy

Open Society

Open Hardware

What is Open Access?

“Literature written by scholars, freely accessible online, without expectation of payment.”

“The only constraint […] should be to give authors control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited.”

Source: "Budapest Open Access Initiative" (BOAI) 2001

Open Access Publications: more often cited!

Gunter Eysenbach, The open access advantage, J Med Internet Res. 2006 Apr–Jun; 8(2): e8. DOI:10.2196/jmir.8.2.e8.

"If I have seen further than other men it's because I have stood on the shoulders of giants."

Sir Isaac Newton

• Slide with all web 2.0 tools

Social Media (Web 2.0)

• media designed for social interaction

• it signifies a shift in media from broadcasting monologues to dialogues

• it supports the democratization of knowledge and information, transforming people from content consumers to producers.

Social Bookmarking

Old School Bookmarking

1. Only available to you

2. Locked in that browser on that computer

3. Cross referencing not possible

What if you had access to…http://www.delicious.com/NynkeKruiderink

New Style Bookmarking

• Find a person• Breadcrumb• Assess bookmarking activity• Bookmark with or without a button, bookmarklets

(http://web2fordev.net )• RSS (Really Simple Syndication)• Register, load button, tag GID2010

Examples

• group bookmarking/tagging:

– IICD (http://www.delicious.com/tag/iicd_health)

– Conferences/Events

It’s about…

• Tagging/information sharing– Social media changes quickly, concept of

information sharing more important than using “delicious”.

• Your Social Network as your filter to information overload

Tag: GID2010

Thank you