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Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Definition 1.2 Social Bookmarking Services 1.3 Further Info on Social Bookmarking 2 Uses in Libraries 2.1 Sharing Set of Links 2.2 Republishing Link Lists on Library Web Sites 2.3 Other Uses 2.4 Further Information on Social Bookmarking and Libraries

[edit] Introduction

[edit] Definition

Social bookmarking is ...

[edit] Social Bookmarking Services

• CiteULike
• Connotea
• delicious.com
• Furl
• Ma.gnolia
• sitejot
• Spurl.net
• unalog

[edit] Further Info on Social Bookmarking

• Akerman, Richard. "CiteULike Academic Article Bookmarking." Science Library Pad. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
• Common Craft. "Social Bookmarking in Plain English." 6 August 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
• Hammond, Tony, Timo Hannay, Ben Lund, and Joanna Scott. "Social Bookmarking Tools (I): A General Review." D-Lib 11.4 (2005). Retrived 8 April 2008.

[edit] Uses in Libraries

[edit] Sharing Set of Links

• Assumption College for Sisters Library: bookmarks on delicious
• Beaufort County Library: bclrefdesk's bookmarks on delicious
• Bibliothèques de l'Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris-IV): bookmakrs on delicious
• Chelmsford Public Library: bookmarks on delicious
• Columbus Public Library: bookmarks on delicious
• Dublin City Public Libraries: bookmarks on delicious
• East Providence Public Library : bookmarks on delicious
• San Mateo Public Library: bookmarks on delicious
• Seldovia Library: bookmarks on delicious
• Seminole County Public Library: bookmarks on delicious
• Lansing Public Library: bookmarks on delicious
• La Grange Park Library: bookmarks on delicious
• Maui Community College Library: bookmarks on delicious
• Menasha Public Library: bookmarks on delicious
• McMaster University Library Web Team: bookmarks on delicious
• Nebraska Library Commission: NLC_Reference’s bookmarks on delicious
• Pierce County Library: bookmarks on delicious
• Sandhills Branch Library: bookmarks on delicious
• Springfield Technical Community College Library: bookmarks on delicious
• Tampa Bay Library Consortium: TampaBayLC bookmarks on delicious
• University of Alberta Libraries: Winspearslib bookmarks on delicious
• University of Georgia Library, Cataloging Department: bookmarks on delicious
• University of Michigan, Dentistry Library: bookmarks on delicious
• University of Michigan, Health Sciences Libraries: bookmarks on delicious
• Witkin State Law Library of California: bookmarks on delicious

[edit] Republishing Link Lists on Library Web Sites

A number of libraries use social bookmarking tools to maintain a set of links to key resources.

• CSU-Pueblo Library uses delicious to display their delicious picks on their library website.
• Cubberley Education Library uses a tag cloud to display their delicious bookmarks.
• Holdrege Public Library uses delicious tag clouds on their "Links we Love", Kid’s Zone and TeenSpace. Each page has a separate delicious account:
  • Holdrege Public Library: bookmarks on delicious
  • HoldregeLibraryKids’: bookmarks on delicious
  • HoldregeLibraryTeens’: bookmarks on delicious
• MIT Libraries Virtual Reference Collection
  • Uses delicious to maintain links and to publish list on library web pages. Details on the MIT Libraries Betas site.

[edit] Other Uses

• Duke University Libraries: Connotea
  • Library web page explains to students/faculty at Duke University how to connect to licensed resources that are bookmarked in Connotea.

[edit] Further Information on Social Bookmarking and Libraries

• Bridgewater, Rachel. "A Little More Help from Your Friends: Social Bookmarking." Presentation at SirsiDynix Institute, 13 November 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2008.