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Collaborative Tools for Libraries
Meredith FarkasNorwich University
San Jose State University
Blogs
• Why blog collaboratively?– Easy to set up and use– Encourages informal communication– Comment mechanism allows for discussion– All communication is in one place in reverse
chronological order– RSS feeds
Internal library staff blogs
http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/newmanreference/
Drupal (drupal.org)
• Content management system on steroids• Allows for the creation of many different
types of content – pages, blog posts, wiki pages, etc.
• Custom content types can also be created for subject guide pages, landing pages, etc.
• Many, many users can be part of a drupal community, each with different user rights.
Drupal for Groups
http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-education
Wikis
• Content management system• Allows people to collaboratively develop a
website without any tech-savvy• Wiki=quick (in Hawaiian)• All community members can add to or edit
the work of others
Wikis for collaborative resource development
http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/~ahistory/apwhreview/index.php?title=APWH_Exam_Topics
Wikis for Staff Knowledge Sharing
http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/antioch_university_new_england_library_staff_training_and_support_wiki/
Collaborative Document Creation
• Allows a group to create word processing documents, spreadsheets and presentations online.– Google Docs (http://docs.google.com) – Zoho (http://zoho.com) – Etherpad (http://etherpad.com/ allows users to
truly work synchronously on the same document)
Collaborative Planning Tools
• Allows a group of people to plan anything together online.
• Synchronous and asynchronous tools• Collaborative whiteboarding and
mindmapping applications– Twiddla (http://www.twiddla.com/) – Bubbl.us (http://bubbl.us/) – Dabbleboard (http://www.dabbleboard.com/) – Mindmeister (http://www.mindmeister.com/)
Collaborative Planning Tools (cont’d)
• Screensharing tools– Yuuguu (http://www.yuuguu.com/) – Dimdim (http://www.dimdim.com/)
• Project mangement software– Basecamp (http://basecamphq.com/) – Zoho Projects (http://projects.zoho.com/)
Collaborative Tagging
• Just like regular browser bookmarks, but web-based and using tags instead of folders
• Tag - descriptive metadata• You can assign multiple tags to anything
you bookmark• Your bookmarks can be public or private• Most popular social bookmarking tool:
delicious (http://delicious.com/)
Tagging for an Organization
http://delicious.com/stcclibrary
Tagging for a Class or Group Project
http://delicious.com/tag/libr246-13