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By: The Real-Time Web Emerges « The Scholarly Kitchen

The Real-Time Web Emerges « The Scholarly Kitchen — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:23:32 +0000

[...] Scholarly publishers have been the subject of the “Now Web” for a while. What are they doing to harvest it and use it? [...]

By: Smart Skittles! « The Scholarly Kitchen

Smart Skittles! « The Scholarly Kitchen — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:47:06 +0000

[...] search for skittle or #skittle. Apparently, the Twitterverse is responding, with some alacrity. As I wrote about previously, journals are frequently the subject of tweets. Why not incorporate the text, thoughts, and links into your [...]

By: DonnaB

DonnaB — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:23:42 +0000

And here’s another interesting little tidbit on the uses of Twitter. It would be interesting to hear your collective take on this blog posting that I came across today:
http://www.ruraldoctoring.com/2008/09/twitter-archive-i-get-by-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends.html

Using Twitter as an unofficial ILL network.

By: Pam

Pam — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:06:10 +0000

Even more fun if your book (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) shares an abbreviation with “Dirty Sexy Money.”

By: Peter West

Peter West — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:36:18 +0000

Kent,

Nice entry about Twitter.

There are many interesting applications of Twitter.

Below, you will find links to microblogging (Twitter) and social bookmarking (Delicious) sites that I use to simultaneously post citations and links to newly-published journal articles that will be of interest to knowledge workers.

In Delicious, citations are tagged and searchable. While the primary focus of the site is on knowledge, learning and social computing, articles are tagged across a broad range of subjects [see: "All Tags" (on the right, which may be slow to open)]. The “knowledge” tag in the “Top 10 Tags” section on the right is just one of over 60 knowledge-related tags that appear in the “knowledge-specific” Tag Bundle, with limited duplication of citation entries across knowledge-related tags. An RSS feed is also available [bottom left corner].

NOTE: Although full access to the journal articles typically requires a subscription (e.g., most university libraries have subscriptions and provide public access of some form) the simple act of reading the abstracts is extremely informative. Author coordinates are often available, providing the reader with the option of e-mailing the author or conducting a more thorough investigation by searching the web for the author’s listed organization.

Over 10,000 journals are monitored for relevant content.

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/WestPeter

Delicious:
http://delicious.com/WestPeter

Best regards,
Peter West