1. Organizing & Sharing Resources with Free and Easy-to-Use Web Tools Ericka Dow, Librarian Central Library Adult Services May 3, 2010 ericka.dow@mymanatee.org

2. Why learn about web-based applications? That’s where it’s all headed anyway…plus, it’s fun!! Here’s what’s coming: Ericka Dow May 2010

4. Tag each link with keywords (make your own and/or use recommended tags)

5. Create ‘tag bundles’. As Delicious says, “collections will naturally emerge”…and they do!

6. Search and browse your saved bookmarks

7. Share bookmarks with colleagues and friends, if you wish

8. Add the Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Google Chrome extension for easy bookmarking and accesshttp://delicious.com/help/tools Ericka Dow May 2010

9. Why use Delicious.com?? It’s a ‘classification/search/browse’ dream come true. And you’re the one making it happen. Delicious may be considered ‘social media’ but its utility is not at all defined by that. In fact, one can ignore that it’s a social site at all. I do... Is it relevant for bookmarking sites you use every single day? Nope, they’re imprinted on your brain Is it suitable for bookmarking and organizing web resources you encounter occasionally and want to remember for future reference? Oh, YES! Ericka Dow May 2010

10. Demo Save bookmark manually Tag with keywords Show Tag Bundle Browse/search tags Save bookmark from website with ext Individual bookmarks can be set to private or public Ericka Dow May 2010

11. Diigo.com Ericka Dow May 2010

12. Demo Difference between Group and List Ericka Dow May 2010

13. Slideshare.net PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, and Word documents can be posted online Never again do you have to say “I’ll email it to you”. Simply give them your SlideShare URL. Can be set to private or public Save paper!!! Ericka Dow May 2010

14. Demo This PPT is on SlideShare http://www.slideshare.net/erickandow Examples of what you can do: http://tinyurl.com/mililtaryplanesfx http://bit.ly/legoppt Ericka Dow May 2010

15. Bit.ly and Tiny.URL Make a reallylong URL short and simple For example, the URL for the book The Lost City of Z at Amazon.com is http://www.amazon.com/Lost-City-Obsession-Vintage-Departures/dp/1400078458/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1271136785&sr=8-1-spell Or it could be http://amzn.to/lostcityofz Ericka Dow May 2010

16. Blogs and Wikis Use blogs to publicize Neighborhood Services projects and events to the community and to county employees and departments http://wordpress.org/ (intermediate, customizable) http://wordpress.com/ (easy and instant) http://www.blogger.com/home (easy and instant) Use wikis for internal documents being worked on by interdepartmental teams http://www.wikispaces.com/ ($5/mo for private wikis) http://sites.google.com/ Ericka Dow May 2010

17. Further Reading & Viewing Majure, Janet. Teach Yourself Visually WordPress. 2010 Gardner, Susannah. Blogging for Dummies. 2010 http://www.commoncraft.com/cloud-computing-video http://www.commoncraft.com/augmented-reality-video http://www.commoncraft.com/bookmarking-plain-english http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english Ericka Dow May 2010