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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Get it! Citation linker

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