Upload
alan-cann
View
10
Download
1
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
The Digital Researcher: Managing your networks and building your profile15 March 2010http://www.vitae.ac.uk/researchers/56271-205821/Workshops/Digital-researcher-Managing-your-networks-and-building-your-profile.html
Citation preview
Social BookmarkingSocial Bookmarking
Alan Cann
School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Leicester
www.pecha-kucha.org
How do we manage complexity?How do we manage complexity?
Do some reading!
Everything is MiscellaneousEverything is Miscellaneous
Weinberger’s key messages:
Things change when they become digital.
Filter on the way out, not the way in.
Categorization is doomed (everything is
miscellaneous).
Bottom up is the only way to cope (give up
control).
The Power/Wisdom of CrowdsThe Power/Wisdom of Crowds
Clay Shirky’s examples:
London Tube Bombings
Wikipedia vs. Britannica
Everyone is a media outlet
The Generalists - GoogleThe Generalists - Google
Not social!
The Generalists - deliciousThe Generalists - delicious
delicious - tagsdelicious - tags
delicious - networkdelicious - network
The Generalists - diigoThe Generalists - diigo
diigo - groups diigo - groups
diigo - discussiondiigo - discussion
The GeneralistsThe Generalists
All the others
Which one?
Try them out - find a network.
The Specialists:The Specialists:Bibliographic toolsBibliographic tools
EndnoteWeb - cost, features
RefWorks - cost, features
Connotea - publisher owned, spam
Zotero - Firefox only
The Specialists: Citeulike.orgThe Specialists: Citeulike.org
Citeulike - tags and searchCiteulike - tags and search
Citeulike.org - recommendationsCiteulike.org - recommendations
Citeulike - networkCiteulike - network
The Specialists: MendeleyThe Specialists: Mendeley
Desktop client:
The Specialists: MendeleyThe Specialists: MendeleyWeb:
The Specialists: Which One?The Specialists: Which One?
Not clear cut
Look for a network effect
Personal preference