#9 - Personal Relevance (aka Online Personalization)
Learning Objectives
- Learn about online personalization for Web sites ans search engines.
- Take a look at Netvibes - you can personalize your entire online experience...
Skills Practice
- Create a MyYahoo or iGoogle page and have some fun showing off your personal style.
- Go back to Amazon.com, create a login if you don't already have one, and do a bit of nrowsing for items you like - check your recommendations.
- Check out a few of the specialized search services on the Web 2.0 Directory; create your own search engine ar Rollyo.
Experience Sharing
- Take a look at Library ELF - how could personalization be used in the library?
- Design your ideal library catalog using Library 2.0 principles - what features would you include.
- What about the concern for privacy with all this personalization and collaborative filtering?
Resources
- Steve Abrams. “Growing Your Own Search Engine.”
- Nitin Karandikar. "Top 17 Search Innovations Outside Of Google."
- Chris Payne. “Everything You Need to Know About Personalization.”
- Suzanne Cohen, et al. “MyLibrary: Personalized Electronic Services in the Cornell University Library”.
- Micheal C. Habib. "Managing Your Online ID." (LJ netconnect)
- ALA. "Personalized Library Services."
- "Learning 2.0: Roll Your Own Search Engine" by Helene Blowers
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