Focuss Internet Librarian
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The document discusses social bookmarking and the Focuss.Info initiative. Some key points: 1) Social bookmarks allow users to tag and share bookmarks online for others to search, while traditional bookmarks are only stored locally. 2) Focuss.Info aims to promote social bookmarking among development workers and scholars globally by harvesting bookmarks from multiple social bookmarking sites. 3) It will implement a Google Custom Search Engine to allow searching across harvested bookmarks and related websites, benefiting people and organizations around the world with shared interests in development.
![www.focuss.info [email_address] Further readings: Lalleman, R. and Wesseling, M. (2008) Knowledge sharing through collaboration in development studies: The Focuss.Info Initiative, Information Development , 24(2), pp. 151-155 Lalleman, R. and Wesseling, M. (2008) Community contributed content and global studies research, Global-e: A global studies journal , 2(1), available at: http://global- ejournal.org Matthews, P. and Wunder, A. (2007) Evaluation of Google Co-op and Social Bookmarking at the Overseas Development Institute, www.web2fordev.net/](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/focuss-internet-librarian-1226043456683845-9/85/Focuss-Internet-Librarian-32-320.jpg)
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- 1. About Bookmarks & Global Collaboration Michel Wesseling & Richard Lalleman 16 October 2008
- 2. 油
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- 7. Bookmarks Personal use Browser specific Stored on your workstation No search on keywords or tags No sharing with others
- 8. View This?
- 9. Social Bookmarks Personal choices and tags 24 * 7 availability around the www Searchable by keywords / tags Shared with groups or completely public Influences search engines ranking
- 10. Delicious?
- 11. Some aids
- 12. Focuss.Info Promote social bookmarking among workers and scholars in global development arena: Publish articles Organise local workshops Present at relevant conferences It is about People!
- 14. Search Social bookmark sites disadvantage: Search by tags only Not in sites content
- 15. Our own search engine? Google like search capabilities Own selection of e-resources Harvest social bookmarks Not limited to one social bookmark site!
- 16. Our own search engine? Built it our selves: too much work Google introduces CSE Fits our needs No local development and maintenance
- 18. www.eldis.org
- 20. Focuss.Info Make use of Google CSE technology Harvest social bookmark sites of workers in the global development arena Promote search engine / search box on websites Integrate Focuss.Info in information literacy
- 22. Collaborate People with same (professional) interests Convince them of the importance of social bookmarking for themselves and their peers Use and re-use existing knowledge ~40.000 sites selected
- 23. Collaborate Librarians and information professionals Faculty and students Professionals in the field Organisations
- 24. Collaborate Convince people Learn how to work with the tools Repeat
- 26. Around the World
- 27. 油
- 28. Less & Better? Posted by Jesse Alpert & Nissan Hajaj, Software Engineers, Web Search Infrastructure Team Google, on http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/we-knew-web-was-big.html
- 29. Less & Better!
- 31. A Future? Marketing is needed Involve more people and organisations Organise workshops and training The business plan is available The search for sponsors has begun!
- 32. www.focuss.info [email_address] Further readings: Lalleman, R. and Wesseling, M. (2008) Knowledge sharing through collaboration in development studies: The Focuss.Info Initiative, Information Development , 24(2), pp. 151-155 Lalleman, R. and Wesseling, M. (2008) Community contributed content and global studies research, Global-e: A global studies journal , 2(1), available at: http://global- ejournal.org Matthews, P. and Wunder, A. (2007) Evaluation of Google Co-op and Social Bookmarking at the Overseas Development Institute, www.web2fordev.net/