social_bookmarking


 * Social bookmark applications**

Social bookmark applications (or social bookmarking systems, social bookmarking services, and shared bookmarking systems) are systems that enable users to save, share, and tag bookmarks, much in the same way ([|Flickr]) allows users to upload, share, and tag images (see social_tagging).

Recent studies of the use of social bookmark applications in a business context include
 * IBM's dogear, and
 * Mitre Corporation's Omni


 * dogear case study**

Millen, Feinberg, and Kerr argue it is "The desire to find and share information among small groups, teams, and **communities of practice** [that] led to the development of a number of shared bookmarking systems," (2005, p. 30, emphasis added).


 * Onomi case study**

Damianos, Griffith, and Cuomo explain that > Through iterative sessions with our users, we modified the software for our internal use and extended its capabilities by adding new features (e.g., email integration, integration with external social bookmarking services, 'related users by tag,' and 'related users by bookmark') to help promote the **sense of community**, feed expert finding, integrate new tools with existing **work practices**, and to leverage external expertise to enrich internal **knowledge discovery**. (2006, p. intro. sect, emphasis added)

In seeking to understand the ways in which their tool is used, Damianos, Griffith, and Cuomo list a number of possibilities, perhaps
 * simply as a personal bookmarking tool,
 * for information discovery,
 * as a mechanism for sharing and disseminating information,
 * as a repository for project-related resources, and/or [perhaps]
 * for expert finding[?]

Damianos, Griffith, and Cuomo add that > We are also interested in the **social influences** and evolution. Will virtual communities develop? Are people more likely to copy or view the most popular bookmarks (hence making them more popular)? How will use and behaviours (both individual and community) change over time? Are people more likely to use tags others have already adopted [c.f. Porter, n.d.]? Will tags begin to converge [Lund, Hammond, Flack, & Hannay, 2005]? Will new tags be introduced as 'communicative tools' [c.f. Mathes, 2004] and will they be adopted by others? What other innovative or unanticipated uses will emerge?


 * Internal links**
 * dogear
 * omni_case_study
 * social_tagging


 * External links**
 * [| Social Bookmarking] tools listed on Deitel.com's Building Web Communities Resource Center


 * References**

Damianos, L., Griffith, J., & Cuomo, D. (2006, June 20, 2006). //Onomi: Social bookmarking on a corporate intranet//. Retrieved September 3, 2006, from [], also available via []

Lund, B., Hammond, T., Flack, M., & Hannay, T. (2005). Social Bookmarking Tools (II): A Case Study – Connotea. //D-Lib Magazine, 11//(4), online.

Mathes, A. (2004, December). //Folksonomies: Cooperative classification and communication through shared metadata//. Retrieved August 27, 2005, from []

Millen, D., Feinberg, J., & Kerr, B. (2005). Social bookmarking in the enterprise. //ACM Queue, 3//(9), 28-35.

Porter, J. //Folksonomy Notes: Considering the Downsides, Behavioral Trends, and Adaptation in Bokardo, A Blog About Web 2.0// []

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