Social Software at UBC Library

Prepared for the Sciences Libraries

by Sally Taylor

May 17, 2007

Social software

Technologies Blogs Wikis RSS Social bookmarking Social networking

Reasons Communication Outreach Teaching Sharing resources Current awareness Professional

networking

internal communication

and collaboration

IM for summer reference

Blog for IR implementation

Wiki for BCLA presentation

communication, outreach

and teaching

Blog for news

Blog for outreach

Wiki for teaching

“… provide a forum for best practice for health librarians, and other information professionals around the world.”

sharing resources

Photo sharing

Photo by UBC Library Graphics

Tags

•hamber

•ubc

•ubclibrary

Tagging web sites

current awareness

Staying current

NEWS

BLOGS

BOOKS

ARTICLES

RSS to the rescue

NEWS

BLOGS

BOOKS

ARTICLES

RSS in Plain English: http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english

RSS reader required

RSS for our users

Library newsNew materials at UBC LibraryNew articles - EBSCO, Engineering

Village, PubMed, Web of ScienceRefWorks as RSS readerCurrent Awareness workshops

Republishing RSS feeds

professional networking

Social networking tools

Blogs Instant Messaging Facebook – UBC Librarians group Carmun – research interests

Learning more

Five Weeks to a Social Libraryhttp://www.sociallibraries.com/course/

Tools for Outreach & Teaching Series (TOTS) Starting out… just pick one!

Thank you!