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Evaluating Social Software for libraries
Wow, what a whirlwind of social software technology we have
looked at in the past 14 weeks. While all of these technologies have some use
in a library setting, some are more conducive to the library environment than
others. I really like the ideas we looked at with media sharing, as I think
this is a medium where libraries can really show how far they have come and use
media sharing as a great marketing tool to show your library to the world. This
also seems like an easily implemented medium, as most (if not all) libraries
Baby, you can be a star with YouTube & Flickr!!!
Who knew how much fun and easy it could be to use sites such as YouTube and Flickr, 'cuz I sure didn't?!?!
Social Bookmarking Group Project; Part 1; Introduction
By Amy Thorne, Andrea Cameron, Grant O’Grady, and Pauline Dewan
Social Bookmarking Group project: Part 2, Why internal ?
Why Internal is a Very Good Question…
Social Bookmarking Group Project Part 3: Choice of Software
Why
did we Choose Furl?
After surveying a number of different
software options, including del.icio.us, connotea, citeulike and Zotero, we
settled on furl. It has the cleanest interface, and offers the right blend of
2.0 technology and traditional search capability.
Social Bookmarking Group Project Part 4: How-To
How
to Use the Reader’s Advisory Furl Account
guidelines to our staff wiki, explaining how the site works and some best
practices for posting reviews. Here is what the guidelines will look like:
to Use the Reader’s Advisory Furl Account
Blog Case Studies
I liked the Georgia State subject area blogs (although on first glance it's difficult to see how they organized it), and I was thinking of the potential of libraries using blogs to evaluate their materials. I can see that this idea might sound disastrous because it might solicit negative feedback that would harm the reputation of the library.