[MCN-L] Share bookmarklets on online collections
2009/3/4 Steve Rothman : > It looks like they make it really easy for the webmaster to add some > great functionality to the site. But I'm wondering: > > ? ? How are these services making money for themselves? > ? ? Are there any privacy / security issues for the visitor to the site > or for the owner of the site? > ? ? Do the services work reliably and do they affect page load times > noticeably? > ? ? How difficult would it be to switch from one of these sites to > another, if a problem develops? > > I guess the alternative is to build this stuff oneself, like the Walker > did in the link below - but with the dizzying pace of new services being > introduced I like the idea of gadget that keeps track of all the latest > services automatically. That was the attraction for me - there's no way I could keep up with the sites different types of users were using. The code is simple enough that you could do a 'search and replace' if you needed to, and it would be even easier to swap services if your site uses includes or templates. The links are actually stored on the related site (e.g. Facebook or delicious or whatever). I'm not sure how they make money - perhaps by selling aggregated user data? Good questions! cheers, Mia http://openobjects.org.uk/
[MCN-L] Share bookmarklets on online collections
I've never looked into these kinds of widgets before, but now I'm intrigued. Besides http://addthis.com/ I've found similar services from http://sharethis.com/ and http://www.addtoany.com/ and I suspect there are dozens more. It looks like they make it really easy for the webmaster to add some great functionality to the site. But I'm wondering: How are these services making money for themselves? Are there any privacy / security issues for the visitor to the site or for the owner of the site? Do the services work reliably and do they affect page load times noticeably? How difficult would it be to switch from one of these sites to another, if a problem develops? I guess the alternative is to build this stuff oneself, like the Walker did in the link below - but with the dizzying pace of new services being introduced I like the idea of gadget that keeps track of all the latest services automatically. -Steve > We just incorporated AddThis on the SFMOMA site. It's highly > customizable and we're happy with it so far. We felt we didn't need to > reinvent something that already existed and was available via a free > tool. > You can see it on this collection page: > http://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/213 > > > The Walker, being way cooler than us, built their own. > http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/12/22/enabling-users-to-share-c > ontent-to-social-media-sites/ > > Dana > > > .. > Dana Mitroff Silvers > Head of Online Services > San Francisco Museum of Modern Art > 151 Third Street > San Francisco, CA 94103-3159 > dmitroff at sfmoma.org > www.sfmoma.org > > > -- Steve Rothman, Systems Administrator Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 617-495-9968 - srothman at fas.harvard.edu
[MCN-L] Share bookmarklets on online collections
Disclosure: I am involved in the development process of this project. ShiftSpace is an open source browser plugin for collaboratively annotating, editing and shifting the web. You can create notes, highlights etc... on any web page collections included, the code is free and opensource, so you can take it and deploy it internally. -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of mcn-l-request at mcn.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:00 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: mcn-l Digest, Vol 42, Issue 4 Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to mcn-l at mcn.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to mcn-l-request at mcn.edu You can reach the person managing the list at mcn-l-owner at mcn.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Share bookmarklets on online collections (Ari Davidow) 2. Re: Facebook-Groups vs. Pages (Rebecca Lawrence) 3. Re: Share bookmarklets on online collections (Kaia Landon) 4. Re: Share bookmarklets on online collections (Mia) 5. Re: Share bookmarklets on online collections (Mitroff Silvers, Dana) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:01:02 -0500 From: Ari Davidow Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Share bookmarklets on online collections To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Message-ID: <747cfaf50903031301m55c9a457pa3b56ef20d312fdf at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 We do it through a "block" or some such embedded in Drupal--it is the sort of thing that should be controlled by your CMS because the underlying code has to be able to send the page URL as part of sharing (as different from just using an "include" statement). If ya'll are using Drupal, I can ask our web developer which module (or what code) he is using and pass that along. ari On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Perian Sully wrote: > Hi everyone: > > > > Has anyone implemented the use of sharing tools on individual item pages > within their museum's online collections? I want to request a bunch of > share links to del.icio.us, Zotero, Facebook, Twitter, Digg, and Reddit > and I think there are some tools to help do this (code easily embedded > into the page), but I don't recall the names of them right now. > > > > Has anyone had any experience with doing this and can provide some > advice? Any other sites I should be able to share on? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > ~Perian > > > > Perian Sully > > Collections Information Manager > > Web Programs Strategist > > The Magnes > > 2911 Russell St. > > Berkeley, CA 94705 > > Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 > > Fax: 510-849-3673 > > http://www.magnes.org > > http://www.musematic.org > > http://www.mediaandtechnology.org > > > > ___ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:13:00 -0500 From: "Rebecca Lawrence" Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Facebook-Groups vs. Pages To: Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello, >From the small museum perspective: The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center has a Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pennsburg-PA/Schwenkfelder-Library-Heritag e-ce nter/21293856113?ref=ts We don't have many fans. We have 33, as of today, March 2nd. We have a small staff of 6; I'm unofficially the web guru, officially the museum educator. I find Facebook has been helpful to generate conversation among visitors and staff. To me it's important to maintain a dialogue, no matter the means. I keep a calendar of events and occasionally post exhibit reception photos. No one ever directly responds, but I've had families attend a program and casually mentioned they saw us on Facebook. Someone has been reading it. Our fans are parents who come to our family workshops, staff members and members of the Schwenkfelder church (one of our constituencies). Most of our "fans" come here on a regular basis. I recognize almost all of them. If it doesn't establish new connections, it at least
[MCN-L] Share bookmarklets on online collections
We just incorporated AddThis on the SFMOMA site. It's highly customizable and we're happy with it so far. We felt we didn't need to reinvent something that already existed and was available via a free tool. You can see it on this collection page: http://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/213 The Walker, being way cooler than us, built their own. http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2008/12/22/enabling-users-to-share-c ontent-to-social-media-sites/ Dana .. Dana Mitroff Silvers Head of Online Services San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 151 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94103-3159 dmitroff at sfmoma.org www.sfmoma.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Perian Sully Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 11:55 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Share bookmarklets on online collections Hi everyone: Has anyone implemented the use of sharing tools on individual item pages within their museum's online collections? I want to request a bunch of share links to del.icio.us, Zotero, Facebook, Twitter, Digg, and Reddit and I think there are some tools to help do this (code easily embedded into the page), but I don't recall the names of them right now. Has anyone had any experience with doing this and can provide some advice? Any other sites I should be able to share on? Thanks in advance! ~Perian Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 Fax: 510-849-3673 http://www.magnes.org http://www.musematic.org http://www.mediaandtechnology.org ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ The information contained in this electronic mail message (including any attachments) is confidential information that may be covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC Sections 2510-2521, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above, and may be privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify me and delete the original message. Thank you
[MCN-L] Share bookmarklets on online collections
When I was at the Museum of London, we started using the 'addthis' widget from addthis.com. If you use it, make sure you set it up to use your username so you can track usage - it's fun seeing where and how it's used. cheers, Mia http://openobjects.org.uk/ >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Perian Sully wrote: >> > Hi everyone: >> > >> > >> > >> > Has anyone implemented the use of sharing tools on individual item pages >> > within their museum's online collections? I want to request a bunch of >> > share links to del.icio.us, Zotero, Facebook, Twitter, Digg, and Reddit >> > and I think there are some tools to help do this (code easily embedded >> > into the page), but I don't recall the names of them right now. >> > >> > >> > >> > Has anyone had any experience with doing this and can provide some >> > advice? Any other sites I should be able to share on?
[MCN-L] Share bookmarklets on online collections
We do it through a "block" or some such embedded in Drupal--it is the sort of thing that should be controlled by your CMS because the underlying code has to be able to send the page URL as part of sharing (as different from just using an "include" statement). If ya'll are using Drupal, I can ask our web developer which module (or what code) he is using and pass that along. ari On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Perian Sully wrote: > Hi everyone: > > > > Has anyone implemented the use of sharing tools on individual item pages > within their museum's online collections? I want to request a bunch of > share links to del.icio.us, Zotero, Facebook, Twitter, Digg, and Reddit > and I think there are some tools to help do this (code easily embedded > into the page), but I don't recall the names of them right now. > > > > Has anyone had any experience with doing this and can provide some > advice? Any other sites I should be able to share on? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > ~Perian > > > > Perian Sully > > Collections Information Manager > > Web Programs Strategist > > The Magnes > > 2911 Russell St. > > Berkeley, CA 94705 > > Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 > > Fax: 510-849-3673 > > http://www.magnes.org > > http://www.musematic.org > > http://www.mediaandtechnology.org > > > > ___ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >
[MCN-L] Share bookmarklets on online collections
We too do it through a module in Drupal -- Service Links. Depending on what you want, there are other Drupal modules with similar options. If you aren't using Drupal, check your CMS. If you aren't using a CMS, visit http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php for the Add This widget. Kaia --- Kaia Landon Curator of Education Mesa Historical Museum On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Ari Davidow wrote: > We do it through a "block" or some such embedded in Drupal--it is the > sort of thing that should be controlled by your CMS because the > underlying code has to be able to send the page URL as part of sharing > (as different from just using an "include" statement). If ya'll are > using Drupal, I can ask our web developer which module (or what code) > he is using and pass that along. > > ari > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Perian Sully wrote: > > Hi everyone: > > > > > > > > Has anyone implemented the use of sharing tools on individual item pages > > within their museum's online collections? I want to request a bunch of > > share links to del.icio.us, Zotero, Facebook, Twitter, Digg, and Reddit > > and I think there are some tools to help do this (code easily embedded > > into the page), but I don't recall the names of them right now. > > > > > > > > Has anyone had any experience with doing this and can provide some > > advice? Any other sites I should be able to share on? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > > ~Perian > > > > > > > > Perian Sully > > > > Collections Information Manager > > > > Web Programs Strategist > > > > The Magnes > > > > 2911 Russell St. > > > > Berkeley, CA 94705 > > > > Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 > > > > Fax: 510-849-3673 > > > > http://www.magnes.org > > > > http://www.musematic.org > > > > http://www.mediaandtechnology.org > > > > > > > > ___ > > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > > > ___ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >
[MCN-L] Share bookmarklets on online collections
Hi everyone: Has anyone implemented the use of sharing tools on individual item pages within their museum's online collections? I want to request a bunch of share links to del.icio.us, Zotero, Facebook, Twitter, Digg, and Reddit and I think there are some tools to help do this (code easily embedded into the page), but I don't recall the names of them right now. Has anyone had any experience with doing this and can provide some advice? Any other sites I should be able to share on? Thanks in advance! ~Perian Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 Fax: 510-849-3673 http://www.magnes.org http://www.musematic.org http://www.mediaandtechnology.org
