Social Bookmarking

Introduction

Definition

Social bookmarking is ...

Social Bookmarking Services

• CiteULike
• Connotea
• del.icio.us
• Furl
• Ma.gnolia
• sitejot
• Spurl.net
• unalog

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.

Uses in Libraries

Sharing Set of Links

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

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

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.

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.