Experiments in academic social book marking with Unalog

Autor: Jeffrey Barnett, Matthew Wilcox, Raman Prasad, Daniel Chudnov
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Library Hi Tech. 23:469-480
ISSN: 0737-8831
Popis: PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to introduce the Unalog software system, a free and open source toolkit for social book marking in academic environments.Design/methodology/approachThe history, objectives, features, and technical design of Unalog is presented, along with a discussion of planned enhancements.FindingsThe Unalog system has been very useful for information sharing among members of the digital library community and a group of beta testers at Yale University, leading its developers to plan several new features and to capitalize on opportunities for integration with other campus systems.Originality/valueThis paper describes a freely available toolkit, which can be used to provide new services through libraries to academic communities, and how those new services might be enhanced by merging the potential they offer for easier information sharing with long‐standing practices of librarianship.
Databáze: OpenAIRE