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del.icio.us docs or how I learned to stop hoarding my bookmarks and instead use them to fight crime (or at least use them for library projects!) James R. Jacobs Stanford University Libraries [email protected] 1

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Presentation about Del.icio.us and its uses for organization, collaboration, integration, and collections. The presentation was given as part of the Docs2.0 preconference at American Library Association's Govt Documents Roundtable (GODORT) in Anaheim, CA June 27, 2008

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del.icio.us docsor how I learned to stop hoarding my bookmarks and instead use them to fight crime (or at least use them for library projects!)

James R. Jacobs

Stanford University Libraries

[email protected]

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del.icio.us is...

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organization: http://del.icio.us/radlib

collaboration: http://del.icio.us/for/radlib

integration: http://snipurl.com/pwrguide

collection: http://del.icio.us/tag/IADeposit

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Huh?

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Let’s look athttp://del.icio.us/shall we?

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Hands-onor what to do when you encounter a web site that you want to tag(i.e., http://snipurl.com/docsarchive )

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1.Log in to http://del.icio.us/(or go to http://del.icio.us/register and sign up for an account)

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2. Do a little configuring of your browser of choice (you’re all using Firefox right?!) http://snipurl.com/deliciousaddon

add buttons to your browser’s toolbar.You’re now a delicious power racer!

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3. Browse to a web site (i.e., http://snipurl.com/docsarchive )

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4. Tag it “docs2.0.” Remember, tags are not folders. You can add as many tags as you want.

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Uncontrolled vocabulary: govt info vs govt_info (don’t forget the note!)

Wisdom of crowds: check out popular tags (folksonomy as grouping mechanism)

Meta Tags: go ahead and use them (i.e., for:user name, system:media:audio, system:filetype:pdf...)

A note on tags

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playing with linkrollsLive demo: DO try this at home!!

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Takeaways

Delicious is simple yet powerful

Delicious can help individuals collect the Web

Delicious can help a group get and stay organized

Delicious can integrate dynamically with other sites

Delicious is good for you!

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The end? Or just the beginning?!(music: Lebanese Blonde by Thievery Corporation)

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