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“In this paper, we describe a probabilistic model of the user annotation process in a social bookmarking system del.icio.us. We then use the model to automatically find resources relevant to a particular information domain.”
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“What’s “it”? Libraries. Social software in libraries. Balancing existing needs and new possibilities. Expanding patron involvement without biasing the library toward its richest and most connected patrons.”
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has rosefirerising’s del.icio.us…; covers the whole gamut of topics, though uses some fishy information in places
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mostly useful as aggregates a number of resources in one place – not too many articles for follow-up reading (could include excellent BMJ article on RSS, for example, or MN Med article on blogs, podcasts, social bookmarking)
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very interesting article! “Librarians need to explore other possible avenues for gaining information about user preferences. We could ask for usernames in tools like del.icio.us, LibraryThing, and CiteULike”
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i particularly like the medicine in the media reviews – makes me feel better about buying the first six seasons of ER for the library.
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excellent post – “legacy librarians have woken up to the reality that integrating new technology into the library,…, is critical to the library’s survival. But are they willing to learn how to use these technologies themselves? No.”
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“This experience adds a new dimension to problems with excessive reliance on citation analyses. The Web of Science database itself is subject to unaccountable adjustments without scientific justification or regard to scientific importance”
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lengthy talk about 5 Weeks
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“You know what also helps? Talking about it so often that others around you (like directors and deans) start to think that they thought of the idea and then *voila* it becomes a part of their to-do lists!” I loathe this idea
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Nature Network Boston is a success
