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A brief tutorial and introduction to issues concerning using Del.icio.us for work and pleasure.
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Social Bookmarking & Del.icio.us:
A Personal and Professional
Productivity Tool
Social Bookmarking & Del.icio.us:
A Personal and Professional
Productivity ToolPatricia F. Anderson
<[email protected]>Health Sciences Libraries
University of MichiganFebruary 22, 2007
Patricia F. Anderson <[email protected]>
Health Sciences Libraries University of Michigan
February 22, 2007
© 2007 Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights reserved.
Del.icio.usDel.icio.us
Useful for …Useful for …
• Folk who use multiple computers in various locations
• Discovery of items similar to your selections
• Collecting search strategies & information for bibliographies
• Course-integrated instruction• Sharing resources with peers, managers, students & others
• Web site development
• Folk who use multiple computers in various locations
• Discovery of items similar to your selections
• Collecting search strategies & information for bibliographies
• Course-integrated instruction• Sharing resources with peers, managers, students & others
• Web site development
Content in Del.icio.usContent in Del.icio.us
• Database built by general public, contains what others liked
• Focused: better for popular topics and items
• Currently tends to focus on items of interest to technophiles and young adults, but growing and diversifying
• What you add changes the profile
• Database built by general public, contains what others liked
• Focused: better for popular topics and items
• Currently tends to focus on items of interest to technophiles and young adults, but growing and diversifying
• What you add changes the profile
Like Del.icio.us … but for Scientists
Like Del.icio.us … but for Scientists
• Connotea• CiteULike
• Connotea• CiteULike
ConnoteaConnotea
ConnoteaConnotea
CiteULikeCiteULike
Searching in Del.icio.usSearching in Del.icio.us
• Three options• Three options
Searching in Del.icio.usSearching in Del.icio.us
• Example:• Example:
Searching in Del.icio.usSearching in Del.icio.us
• Let’s try it.
•http://del.icio.us/
• Let’s try it.
•http://del.icio.us/
Browsing Tags in Del.icio.us
Browsing Tags in Del.icio.us
• Tags are freeform and self-selected• Check a variety of spellings, phrasings,
capitalization, and punctuation for the same concept• Avian flu = avian.flu = avian_flu = avian-flu = avianflu = Avian.flu = Avian.Flu = “avian flu” = …
• Avian influenza• Bird flu = birdflu• Bird influenza• Pandemic influenza• Pandemic flu• H5N1 / h5n1• MORE: tamiflu, pandemic, flu, epidemic, influenza
• Watch for popular terms
• Tags are freeform and self-selected• Check a variety of spellings, phrasings,
capitalization, and punctuation for the same concept• Avian flu = avian.flu = avian_flu = avian-flu = avianflu = Avian.flu = Avian.Flu = “avian flu” = …
• Avian influenza• Bird flu = birdflu• Bird influenza• Pandemic influenza• Pandemic flu• H5N1 / h5n1• MORE: tamiflu, pandemic, flu, epidemic, influenza
• Watch for popular terms
Browsing Tags in Del.icio.us
Browsing Tags in Del.icio.us
Browsing Tags in Del.icio.us
Browsing Tags in Del.icio.us
Browsing Tags in Del.icio.us
Browsing Tags in Del.icio.us
Browsing Tags in Del.icio.us
Browsing Tags in Del.icio.us
• DEMO
•http://del.icio.us/tag/
• DEMO
•http://del.icio.us/tag/
Getting StartedGetting Started
• Create your account• Upload your bookmarks• Export bookmarks (“hotsync”)• Save links• Tag• Annotate• Settings
• Create your account• Upload your bookmarks• Export bookmarks (“hotsync”)• Save links• Tag• Annotate• Settings
Create Your AccountCreate Your Account
Create Your AccountCreate Your Account
• Each account must be associated with a unique e-mail address (I think).
• If creating an account to be shared across an office, consider creating an e-mail list to serve as the contact e-mail address.
• Each account must be associated with a unique e-mail address (I think).
• If creating an account to be shared across an office, consider creating an e-mail list to serve as the contact e-mail address.
Create Your AccountCreate Your Account
• Consider the purpose of the account when naming it; segregate home / personal and office collections.
• If you will be collecting information that is private consider choosing a username that will not be associated with you personally.
• Consider the purpose of the account when naming it; segregate home / personal and office collections.
• If you will be collecting information that is private consider choosing a username that will not be associated with you personally.
Create Your AccountCreate Your Account
•Let’s do it!
• Choose a fictional “name”?• If you have a non-UM e-mail address, consider using that as the contact.
• Use a different password than your Kerberos password.
• You will need to open your e-mail in another window to activate the account.
•Let’s do it!
• Choose a fictional “name”?• If you have a non-UM e-mail address, consider using that as the contact.
• Use a different password than your Kerberos password.
• You will need to open your e-mail in another window to activate the account.
Upload BookmarksUpload Bookmarks
• Easy: Select file, accept default options
• Public or Private - your choice
• Easy: Select file, accept default options
• Public or Private - your choice
Export BookmarksExport Bookmarks
• Like hotsyncing your browser• Like hotsyncing your browser
How to Save a LinkHow to Save a Link
• With the post button• With the browser buttons• Required elements: title / URL• Optional standard elements: tags / annotations
• Extra optional element: Privacy checkbox
• With the post button• With the browser buttons• Required elements: title / URL• Optional standard elements: tags / annotations
• Extra optional element: Privacy checkbox
How to Save a LinkHow to Save a Link
• With the post button (eg. PDFs)
• With the post button (eg. PDFs)
How to Save a LinkHow to Save a Link
• With the post button (eg. PDFs)
• With the post button (eg. PDFs)
How to Save a LinkHow to Save a Link
• With the browser buttons• TIP: Use the tab to fill in a tag with the highlighted tag, or click on the choice to save typing.
• With the browser buttons• TIP: Use the tab to fill in a tag with the highlighted tag, or click on the choice to save typing.
How to Save a LinkHow to Save a Link
• Extra optional element: Privacy checkbox
• Extra optional element: Privacy checkbox
How to TagHow to Tag
• Tagging rules• Separate tags with a space• Join words with punctuation (lower-case preferred) (some simply delete spaces between words)
• Use capitalization appropriately to improved readability or to distinguish between tags and bundles
• Tagging rules• Separate tags with a space• Join words with punctuation (lower-case preferred) (some simply delete spaces between words)
• Use capitalization appropriately to improved readability or to distinguish between tags and bundles
How to AnnotateHow to Annotate
• Annotations: Personal vs. Communal
• Citations• Quotations• Date Viewed• Size limits on what can be included
• Annotations: Personal vs. Communal
• Citations• Quotations• Date Viewed• Size limits on what can be included
Tag & Annotate Examples
Tag & Annotate Examples
Tag & Annotate Examples
Tag & Annotate Examples
Tag & Annotate Examples
Tag & Annotate Examples
Editing Saved LinksEditing Saved Links
Personalized SettingsPersonalized Settings
• Privacy options• Tag Bundles• Networking
• Privacy options• Tag Bundles• Networking
Personalized Settings: Privacy
Personalized Settings: Privacy
• Private links (checkbox)• Private network (block someone who sends you inappropriate links)
• Private links (checkbox)• Private network (block someone who sends you inappropriate links)
Personalized Settings: Tag Bundles
Personalized Settings: Tag Bundles
• SAVE!• SAVE!
Who Saved What?Who Saved What?
Personalized Settings: Networks
Personalized Settings: Networks
Using Networks for Discovery
Using Networks for Discovery
Things To Do With Del.icio.us
Things To Do With Del.icio.us
• Working with students• Del.icio.us in class environments (Google jockeys)
• Working with peers and administrators
• Have an assistant gather information for you
• Working with students• Del.icio.us in class environments (Google jockeys)
• Working with peers and administrators
• Have an assistant gather information for you
Del.icio.us vs. Ctools for URL Collections
Del.icio.us vs. Ctools for URL Collections
• Del.icio.us• Available to public (+/-)• Annotations and tags provide richer information than the Ctools Dropbox
• Easier to share/add/delete links than Ctools• Students develop skills and collections for life after Michigan
• Feeds the public good
• Ctools• Can secure access to a select group (+/-)• Integrates with other course materials • UM Institutional and community standard
• Del.icio.us• Available to public (+/-)• Annotations and tags provide richer information than the Ctools Dropbox
• Easier to share/add/delete links than Ctools• Students develop skills and collections for life after Michigan
• Feeds the public good
• Ctools• Can secure access to a select group (+/-)• Integrates with other course materials • UM Institutional and community standard
Collect Links for Building Websites Collect Links for Building Websites
Collect Information to Answer a Question
Collect Information to Answer a Question
• Remember privacy issues: Does your collection reveal identity?
• Remember privacy issues: Does your collection reveal identity?
Collect Information and Strategies for
Your Manager
Collect Information and Strategies for
Your Manager
Have an Assistant Collect Links for YouHave an Assistant
Collect Links for You
Create Information and Teaching Guides
Create Information and Teaching Guides
• Library guides … • Library guides …
Linking to Complex Concepts
Linking to Complex Concepts
• Use the plus sign (+) to combine concepts
• Use the plus sign (+) to combine concepts
Example Library GuideExample Library Guide
• Notice the annotations?• Notice the annotations?
Saving Search Strategies
Saving Search Strategies
• Saving search strategies for a class (Google Jockey concept) …
• Saving search strategies for a class (Google Jockey concept) …
Tagging TipsTagging Tips
• Too few terms can make retrieval difficult
• Too many terms can also make retrieval difficult
• Too few terms can make retrieval difficult
• Too many terms can also make retrieval difficult
Tagging TipsTagging Tips
• Include both broad and narrow terms
• Design terms with repeated concepts to go from broad to narrow, general to specific.
• Include both broad and narrow terms
• Design terms with repeated concepts to go from broad to narrow, general to specific.
Tagging TipsTagging Tips
• Use punctuation for spaces (lower case)
• Think of unique concepts as two term combinations, rather than a new term.
• Standardization helps, but requires maintenance.
• Use punctuation for spaces (lower case)
• Think of unique concepts as two term combinations, rather than a new term.
• Standardization helps, but requires maintenance.
Tagging TipsTagging Tips
• Tagging shortcuts: examples• Items for a particular audience:
•4doctors, 4kids, 4patients, etc
• Items from frequently read journals or authors:•in:jada, in:nyt, in:chronicle, in:agd
• Items for people in your delicious network:•for:dentlib, for:tmjchat
• Tagging shortcuts: examples• Items for a particular audience:
•4doctors, 4kids, 4patients, etc
• Items from frequently read journals or authors:•in:jada, in:nyt, in:chronicle, in:agd
• Items for people in your delicious network:•for:dentlib, for:tmjchat
Saving Items Tagged for You
Saving Items Tagged for You
Saving Items Tagged for You
Saving Items Tagged for You
Tag CloudsTag Clouds
Tag BundlesTag Bundles
Questions?Questions?
• Contact: Patricia Anderson at [email protected]• Contact: Patricia Anderson at [email protected]