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The City of Romance http://blip.tv/file/get/Hiscils598s07-SitesOfParis596.wmv
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Rutgers Libraries - TAS Building Pictures
SCILS Pictures
SCILS Entrance from Huntington Road
Here is a link to the pictures I took for SCILs building.
Here is a link to scils group favorite pictures.
Here is a link to the pictures I took for SCILs building.
Here is a link to scils group favorite pictures.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
Exploring Librarything and Shelfari
I heard about Librarything before, but I did not associate it with social bookmarking. I had an impression it was an online catalog; while I never heard about Shelfari before. Shelfari is a social networking community, which allows people to talk to each other about books. I think Librarything and Shelfari both are exciting tools that you can use to catalog your books and socialize at the same time.
The first thing I noticed when I started to explore Shelfari was the “search for friends” search command. I also noticed “explore users” comes before “search for a book.” In Librarything the first thing I noticed was “catalog your own books online.” I liked the thumbnail idea in Shelfarei; it is very easy to use, but it does not give much choices. Shelfari is very easy to use and search. Librarything is also very easy to use; I searched for books using “book suggester” by entering a book title. It took a while, but then I got a long list of suggested books.
Shelfari is more social than Librarything. It focuses on book lovers rather than books.
Book lovers can list their favorite books and links to reviews. Users can see who else have the same book interests, what their friends are reading, what books people enjoyed and books they recommend. Librarything focuses on books. It is very easy to search or tag. It has similar features to Shelfari and it serves as social networking too. You could tag your books and look at others’ tags. Shelfri content is very simple. Librarything has more options for books like “book suggestions.”
Librarything allows you to Import data, for example, you can import from Delicious, Amazon or elsewhere and export data which means you can access your books from anywhere. Shelfari allows for import data only. I liked both tools and they are very practical; I will add them to my Delicious.
The first thing I noticed when I started to explore Shelfari was the “search for friends” search command. I also noticed “explore users” comes before “search for a book.” In Librarything the first thing I noticed was “catalog your own books online.” I liked the thumbnail idea in Shelfarei; it is very easy to use, but it does not give much choices. Shelfari is very easy to use and search. Librarything is also very easy to use; I searched for books using “book suggester” by entering a book title. It took a while, but then I got a long list of suggested books.
Shelfari is more social than Librarything. It focuses on book lovers rather than books.
Book lovers can list their favorite books and links to reviews. Users can see who else have the same book interests, what their friends are reading, what books people enjoyed and books they recommend. Librarything focuses on books. It is very easy to search or tag. It has similar features to Shelfari and it serves as social networking too. You could tag your books and look at others’ tags. Shelfri content is very simple. Librarything has more options for books like “book suggestions.”
Librarything allows you to Import data, for example, you can import from Delicious, Amazon or elsewhere and export data which means you can access your books from anywhere. Shelfari allows for import data only. I liked both tools and they are very practical; I will add them to my Delicious.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Social Software Literacy was a great choice
I am at work and I just got out from a presentation about the next SirsiDynix “Symphony” client. The presenter talked about all the upgrades that SirsiDnix adding to the new client such as social tagging and RSS feeds. Many of them did not like the idea without understanding the benefits for the users.I am glad that I decided to take this class. I did not think it will make much difference for me at work, but I see that it already did. I was sitting very comfortably during the presentation since I understood what was going on. I was not bored like usual by listening to information that I did not relate to like usual.
Thanks Steve.
Thanks Steve.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Group 4 wiki
Click on the Super Heroes of Social Software wiki and check it. I had a lot of fun creating this wiki with my group. I learned from my mistakes and by experimenting with wiki. I also learned new things from my group members. I hope you will enjoy our wiki too.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Learning, Knowledge, Information
My comments on Brown’s Chapter 5 Learning in theory and practice.
•A person learns for a need.
•Knowledge is what people learn from each other.
•Information is how people communicate and share information with each other.
•A person learns for a need.
•Knowledge is what people learn from each other.
•Information is how people communicate and share information with each other.
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