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Seesmic – managing your social networking

Posted on November 7, 2011 by newtbham

I haven’t had much of a chance to play around with this yet, but a techy friend has just drawn my attention to https://seesmic.com.  It’s a tool that allows you to manage all of your social networking sites in one … Continue reading →

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Diigo – social bookmarking and collaborative research

Posted on June 17, 2011 by newtbham

I picked up on this handy tool through chatting with a colleague I met doing the PGCert, Dr.Cai Wilkinsonfrom the School of Government and Society.  Diigo (www.diigo.com) is a social bookmarking, web annotation and collaborative research service.  Basically, you sign … Continue reading →

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Twitter for Librarians

Posted on November 22, 2010 by newtbham

Earlier this year Lynn Loudon and Hazel Hall from Edinburgh Napier University surveyed over 300 librarians and their use of micro-blogging tools such as Twitter.  The full article, which is very interesting, can be found at: http://www.soc.napier.ac.uk/~hazelh/esis/Loudon_Hall_Twitter.pdf   To begin … Continue reading →

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Crimspace – new social network

Posted on November 16, 2010 by newtbham

Sage publishing are sponsoring a new social network called Crimspace : http://www.crimspace.com/  The social network is aimed at students and researchers of criminology, criminal justice and forensics. It aims to bring together interested parties where they can discuss and share … Continue reading →

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