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Social Software at UBC Library
Prepared for the Sciences Libraries
by Sally Taylor
May 17, 2007
Social software
Technologies Blogs Wikis RSS Social bookmarking Social networking
Reasons Communication Outreach Teaching Sharing resources Current awareness Professional
networking
internal communication
and collaboration
IM for summer reference
Blog for IR implementation
Wiki for BCLA presentation
communication, outreach
and teaching
Blog for news
Blog for outreach
Wiki for teaching
“… provide a forum for best practice for health librarians, and other information professionals around the world.”
sharing resources
Photo sharing
Photo by UBC Library Graphics
Tags
•hamber
•ubc
•ubclibrary
Tagging web sites
current awareness
Staying current
NEWS
BLOGS
BOOKS
ARTICLES
RSS to the rescue
NEWS
BLOGS
BOOKS
ARTICLES
RSS in Plain English: http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
RSS reader required
RSS for our users
Library newsNew materials at UBC LibraryNew articles - EBSCO, Engineering
Village, PubMed, Web of ScienceRefWorks as RSS readerCurrent Awareness workshops
Republishing RSS feeds
professional networking
Social networking tools
Blogs Instant Messaging Facebook – UBC Librarians group Carmun – research interests
Learning more
Five Weeks to a Social Libraryhttp://www.sociallibraries.com/course/
Tools for Outreach & Teaching Series (TOTS) Starting out… just pick one!
Thank you!