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The websites listed here are taken from the technology skills checklist. The checklist can be found under Documents > Learning and Development folder and is a a self-directed assessment tool to assess competencies in technology. These links are meant as a starting point and are not an exhaustive list. If you have any comments about the checklist or would like to share any resources/useful links then please post an entry on the Developing Technology Skills page.
Those websites marked with a * are particularly recommended.
Web Browser and Internet/Web Skills
Learn the Net
http://www.learnthenet.com/learn-the-web/
Learn the net guide covers web browsers, how the web works, understanding web addresses, the mobile web (smart phones), bookmarks and favourites
Phil Bradley’s Website – Making the net easier http://www.philb.com/ *
Technology writer for Cilip Update. Website includes a range of articles on the net, such as search engines and Web 2 applications.
Mobile Technologies
Mobile Technology (Business link)
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1074298168
Introduction to Mobile Technology, covers laptops.
M-Libraries page on “Library Success: a best practice wiki.” *
http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=M-Libraries
Web 2.0
Social Software Info Kit – Jisc InfoNet
Includes: blogs, wikis, podcasts, networking tools, sharing tools and mashups. Implementation section covers legal issues and accessibility.
http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/social-software/index_html
SLA’s 23 Things (Special Libraries Association – US) *
http://wiki.sla.org/display/23Things/23+Things
Covers: Blogging, Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati, Photos & Images, RSS & Newsreaders, wikis and podcasts
Learning 2.0 - http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/
Blog set up to support the development of Web 2.0 Skills
Creative Commons - http://creativecommons.org/about/
Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data
http://mashups.web2learning.net/
Includes links quoted in text, a glossary of terms and presentations. Discusses the basics of what mashups are and how they have been used in libraries worldwide.
Tagging & folksonomies – understand tags
Suite 101.com
http://social-networking-tagging.suite101.com/article.cfm/folksonomies_and_social_tagging
Open Source - Open source software – Jisc – HE focus but provides an introduction to open source
http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/open-source/index_html
Reference management Software
Comparison of reference management software
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software
Series of Factsheets from UK einformation Group, includes guides to Web 2.0 and ‘Managing your E-Information’, which includes reference management software and e-books
http://www.ukeig.org.uk/factsheets
Examples of Reference Management Software
Connotea
http://www.connotea.org/
Free reference management software - designed specifically for scientists and clinicians. Features include import and exports in RIS format some automatic data capture
CiteuLike – social bookmarking service
http://www.citeulike.org/
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