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Reference Services
Oct. 07
Issue: 216

Social Bookmarking Added to Detailed Records

Library users who maintain social bookmarks on web sites such as Digg, Del.icio.us, Facebook, Yahoo! or Google can now add library-owned items to their bookmarks by going to the “Share It” section of an item’s detailed record and using a bookmarking button from AddThis.com.

When users mouse over the button, they see a window with links to 11 popular web bookmarking services. (Clicking “More” presents a full menu of 34 such services.) After selecting a bookmarking site, they log into or create a new account with that site. A link to the WorldCat detailed record is automatically added to their bookmarks.

screenshot: Share It section of an item’s detailed record

[OCLC - edited by Joyce Rambo, Reference & Digital Collections Librarian, Nylink]

OCLC Reference and FirstSearch Contact Information

For more information about OCLC FirstSearch, please contact Nylink’s Joyce Rambo (ramboj@nylink.org) or Jennifer Hawkes (hawkesj@nylink.org).