학술논문

Experiments in academic social book marking with Unalog
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
Library Hi Tech, 2005, Vol. 23, Issue 4, pp. 469-480.
Subject
e-viewpoint
Viewpoint
cat-IKM
Information & knowledge management
cat-LISC
Library & information science
cat-ICT
Information & communications technology
cat-IBRT
Information behaviour & retrieval
cat-LLM
Librarianship/library management
cat-INT
Internet
cat-IUS
Information user studies
cat-MTD
Metadata
cat-LTC
Library technology
Internet
Information retrieval
Library and information networks
Information management
Language
English
ISSN
0737-8831
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to introduce the Unalog software system, a free and open source toolkit for social book marking in academic environments.
The history, objectives, features, and technical design of Unalog is presented, along with a discussion of planned enhancements.
The 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.
This 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.