Post on 20-Jan-2016
Social Computing
Social networking, Social software
Social computing
• tools that facilitate communication, social interaction, exchanging multimedia information and knowledge
Web 1.0 VS Web 2.0
• Web 1.0• • Static html pages• • Publishing mindset
• • Web 2.0• • Dynamic content• • Participation
mindset
Social software Blogs timestamps post/entry commentWikisSocial bookmarkingPeer-to-peer networksOpen source communitiesPhoto and video sharing communitiesOnline business networksEmail Instant MessageGroup Chat (synchronous)Discussion Forum (asynchronous)PodcastSocial Websites (Digg, Del.icio.us, Flickr)
Blogs
• Weblogs (blogs) are continually updated, Internet-based conversational media, which use opinion-based methods to communicate and displayed in reverse chronological order.
Blog Websites
• Blogger (http://www.blogger.com) – Owned by Google
• LiveJournal (http://www.livejournal.com)– Focus on personal blogs
• MySpace (http://www.myspace.com)– Popular with teens & indie bands
• Typepad (http://www.sixapart.com/typepad)– Free, hosted version of Movable Type
• Vox (http://www.vox.com)– New, invitation only – “blogging for the rest of us”
Blog Websites
• GotoKnow (http://www.gotoknow.org/home)– Working experiences
• WordPress (http://wordpress.com/)– Free
Wikis
• is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.
SOCIAL WEBSITES & TOOLS
Research• User submitted news links
– Digg (http://www.digg.com)– “User powered content. Every article on digg is
submitted and voted on by the digg community.”
• User submitted URL links– Del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us)– Create, share and access weblinks from any
computer on the web, explore lists from other users
• Blogosphere– Technorati (http://www.technorati.com)– Currently tracking 52.5 million blogs – Search, share, comment, tag
Sharing• Photo sharing websites
– Flickr (http://www.flickr.com)
• Upload & share images, join groups– Google Picasa (http://picasa.google.com)– Organize, edit & share
• Video sharing websites– You Tube (http://www.youtube.com)– More than 70 million videos daily– Share, comment, tag, view
• Google Video (http://video.google.com)– Share, view, purchase
Podcasts
• A podcast is audio or visual content
• Once subscribed to, podcasts can be regularly distributed over the Internet using a subscription service like iTunes (http://www.itunes.com) or by hyperlink
• TheThe term “podcast” is a combination of “iPod” and “broadcasting”
• Any MP3 player will work Or listen on your computer
Casual Conversation
• Online Conversation Tools
• Asynchronous Communication– Email– Message Boards– Blogs and Wikis
• Synchronous Communication– Chat rooms– Instant Messaging
LIBRARY 2.0
Components of Library 2.0
• 1. User-centered: users participate in content acquisition, and services related to their needs
• 2. More virtual library, less physical library: multi format resources: VDO, recording
• 3. communication community: – User-user– User-library staff– Asynchronous: wikis – Synchronous: IM
• 4. users participate in creating cummunity•
library 2.0
• 1. Really Simple Syndication (RSS): Library news
• 2. RSS, Wikis, Blogs: training, news
• 3. OPAC 2.0
• 4. Book tag (Library Catalog)
• 5. Flickr: create digital collection
• 6. Facebook: PR, online community
Modern Features in Digital Library
Social networking/computing
• Social networking sites, bookmarking and tagging
• Reviews
• Recommendation features
• Citation and reference linking
• Bibliometric tools
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Users interact with resources and create tags
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Social Tagging Environment
Photo sharing
Slide sharing
Videoblogging and sharing
Social networks
Academic bookmarking
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Citationlinking
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Get it! Citation linker
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