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Blog 
Online journal
see Blogs
Digital Library 
Digital libraries contain digitized collections that are available for retrieval (Taylor 2004, 15). Often, the resources within digital libraries have been professionally selected and organized and serve many of the same roles as traditional libraries (Anderson and Perez-Carballo 2005, 13).
see Digital Libraries
Folksonomy 
Classification system created by users who tag the content of a resource (Gordon-Murnane 2006). For example, del.icio.us users create folsonomies by tagging related items with like tags.
see Wikipedia:Folksonomy
Library 2.0 
A new way to envision library services that takes advantage of Web 2.0 principles and technologies. Library 2.0 focuses on user participation.
see Wikipedia:Library_2.0
RSS 
Really Simple Syndication. RSS is a technology that allows users to stream "feeds" into news aggregators (or feed readers) in a simple text format, to make it easier to keep up with many online resources. Examples of web-based news aggregators include Bloglines and Google Reader.
see Wikipedia:RSS
Social bookmarking 
Web services that allow users to "tag" online information for sharing, organization, and later retrieval (Gordon-Murnane 2006). Examples include sites such as del.icio.us and Connotea.
Tag 
In relation to Web 2.0, a tag is a label given to a resource (such as a web page, image, photo, blog entry, etc) by a user to describe that resource.
see Wikipedia:Tag (metadata)
Web 2.0 
Collaborative, participative web technologies. Web 2.0 provides the user with more interaction, an evolution from the static "Web 1.0" web pages (O'Reilly 2005). For more on Web 2.0, visit Web 2.0: Compact Definition? or Wikipedia:Web 2.0.
Wiki 
Collaborative content management system
see Wikis


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