1 Getting Organized: Using Del.icio.us organize library content Pingsheng Chen Electronic Reference Supervisor Worcester Public Library 5/13/2009

2 What We Will Cover I. Introduction II. How libraries are using Delicious: Tags, tag bundles to organize web resources or other online resources Tag Rolls to display Tag Clouds on the library’s website Link Rolls to insert delicious bookmarks in the library's website III. How to use Delicious Link Rolls VI. Tips for modifying your javascript

3 INTRODUCTION Delicious is a free social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage, share and access your bookmarks from any computer anywhere. Getting started 1.Go to the 2.Click the Join Now link. 3.Choose a username and password. 4.Fill in your address. 5.Click the Register button. 6.Click Install Extension Now to add del.icio.us buttons to your web browser. After they're installed, you can bookmark pages easily by clicking on the del.icio.us buttons in your toolbar. Or you can skip this step if you don’t want to have buttons installed.

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5 7. Click Import Existing Bookmarks if you would like to.

6 7. Saving a bookmark If you have buttons installed, you can click the "Tag" or "Bookmark this on Delicious" button to save a new bookmark. If you do not, click Save a new bookmark. Regardless, you'll see the following fields. URL: is simply the address of the page you're bookmarking. Title: If you're using one of our bookmarking tools, this will be prefilled With the title of the page you're saving. Feel free to edit this in any way That makes sense to you. Notes: where you may want to write some additional info for yourself or to let others know why you bookmarked this page. Tags: Enter one or more tags separated by spaces here. Check Do Not Share if you want to make your bookmarks private

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8 HOW LIBRARIES ARE USING DELICIOUS I.Using tags and tag bundles to organize web resources or other online resources What are tags ? Tags are keyword-like one-word descriptors assigned to data to organize and find it. This categorization system is also known as "folksonomy". Folksonomy (also called social tagging) is a categorization system developed over time by folks. You can assign as many tags to a bookmark as you like and you can always rename or delete the tags later. All tags you choose are at the same level and do not form any hierarchy.

9 I. Using tags and tag bundles to organize web resources or other online resources The only limitation on tags is that they must not include spaces. So if your web page needs a two-word descriptor like "Clark University", you may want to tag it as “CU”, “Clark-University”, “ClarkUniversity”, “Clark.University”, “Clark_University”, or whatever else makes sense to you. What is a tag bundle? A Tag Bundle is a Delicious featurewhich allows you to combine several related tags into a logical grouping to create another level of hierarchy, a broader category. For instance, you might combine the tags "art", "art_history", and "paintings" into a bundle and call it "Arts".

10 I. Examples of using tags and tag bundles 1. University College Dublin: linking each subject heading from their web resources to its delicious bookmarks. ndex.html

11 I. Examples of using tags and tag bundles 2) Assumption College for Sisters: linking delicious bookmarks to their website

12 I. Examples of using tags and tag bundles 3) San Mateo Library's Bookmarks on Delicious: using Dewey Decimal Classification System to organize web links

13 II. Using Del.icio.us Tag Rolls to display a Tag Cloud on their library’s website What are Tag Rolls? Tag Rolls are a Delicious feature that allow you to display a cloud or list of your Delicious tags as part of your website by embedding a piece of javascript into your website. What is a Tag Cloud? A tag cloud is a different way to view your bookmarks. It displays tags according to their weight and frequency relatively with other tags. It is done with appropriate font sizes and colors. The more important a tag is, the bigger or “louder” it appears.

14 Examples of Tag Clouds 1)Art Library Students & New Art Libraries Society Professionals: using del.icio.us Tag Rolls to display a Tag Cloud on their website

15 Examples of Tag Clouds 2) MIT Libraries: using a tag cloud on their Virtual Reference Collection webpage

16 Examples of Tag Clouds 3) Brimbank Libraries in Australia: take the concept one step further by displaying links from the cloud on the website. m_deliciouslinks&Itemid=77

17 III. Using Link Rolls to insert delicious bookmarks in the library's website What are Link Rolls? Link Rolls are a Delicious feature which allows you to display a list of your Delicious bookmarks as part of your website by embedding a piece of javascript into the website

18 Examples of Using Link Rolls 1) The College of New Jersey: using Link Rolls to Insert Delicious bookmarks into their Italian Studies Subject Guide (a good example of bookmarking all types of online resources including books, websites, articles and databases)

19 Examples of Using Link Rolls 3) Worcester Public Library: using Link Rolls to embed Delicious bookmarks in the library's web resources pages

20 Examples of Using Link Rolls 4) WPL Regional Reference Blog: using Delicious to bookmark the library's databases and then embed the bookmarks on the blog

21 VI. How to use Delicious Link Rolls 1.Log into your Delicious account 2.Click on Settings on upper right hand of your screen 3.Click on Link Rolls 4.Choose appropriate display options 5.Copy the javascript 6.Insert the javascript into a desired place of your web page or blog

22 A demo: Display all the bookmarks under one’s delicious account: &

23 A demo: Display bookmarks from into a blog at

24 VI. Tips for modifying Link Rolls’s javascript 1) To display all bookmarks under one’s delicious account /// <script type="text/javascript“ src=" ning?title=ARC%3A%20getting%20organized &icon=s&count=20&sort=alpha"> ///

25 VI. Tips for modifying Link Rolls’s javascript 1) To display all bookmarks under /// <script type="text/javascript“ src=" ning?title=ARC%3A%20getting%20organized &icon=s&count=20&sort=alpha"> ///

26 VI. Tips for modifying Link Rolls’s javascript To display bookmarks under one specific tag <script type="text/javascript“ src=" /ping_trainig/delicious_learning ?title=LearningDelicious&icon=s &count=20&sort=alpha">

27 Reference Delicious library’s examples and other links at Display Delicious bookmarks on a blog

28 Questions?

29 Thank You!

30 Google Sites Examples What is Google sites? Google Sites is a wiki offered by Google, which lets you create web pages, postings and to-do-lists and organize your files and more.

31 Google Sites Example I A website: Worcester County Writers (in progress) “ Worcester area writers, ” Michael Truehttp://sites.google.com/site/worcwriters/Home

32 Google Sites Example II As a Content Management System: a website WPL Reference Division Info and eResource Center

33 Google Sites Example II E-Resource Management System: WPL Database Titles:

34 Google Sites Example III As a Project Management System: WPL Web 2.0 Projects: sites.google.com/site/wplrefe/Home/pc/testlistsites.google.com/site/wplrefe/Home/pc/testlist

35 Google Sites Example V A File Cabinet: WPL E-Resource Brochures resources/brochures

36 Google Sites Example VI Attach files: (better than --bigger files and easy to access)