Netvibes for

Social Media Monitoring &

Corporate Web Scan

Guus van den Brekel (DIGICMB), Central Medical Library, UMCGMarch 22nd 2011, UMC St Radboud Workshop

The order of today

• Netvibes : basics + extra’s

• The Web into Netvibes

• The UMCN web presence

Netvibes in detail (1 of 2)

• Top Menu– ( Add Content )– Dashboards– Widget & reader View– Account & Profile– Settings

• Tabs• Widgets• Add, change, edit, duplicate, move, share,

publish, embed

Netvibes in detail (2 of 2)

• Add Content– Search (published widgets)– Browse (by category)– Essential Widgets ( in order of essentialness…)

• WebNote• Llink Module• Web Page• Html• HTML EDITOR (librarians heaven …)

– RSS : Add, import, opml, export (back-up)

• Eco.netvibes.com (developer interface)– All widgets for Netvibes, Mac OS X, Google, Windows Vista– http://eco.netvibes.com/users/9148/cmb/widgets

The Web into Netvibes• Published Widgets

– Via Search or Browse inside netvibes– Via eco.netvibes.com

• Examples http://eco.netvibes.com/users/9148/cmb/widgets • Via Widgetbox, http://www.widgetbox.com/developer/namro

• Embed (YouTube, Slideshare, Scribd … anything)• Do It Yourself

– Html-editor– Copy & Paste (webScraping)

• RSS (Really Simple Syndication)– Copy & paste– Import (+OPML)– export

The UMCN Web Presence

Possible Tools

• Eco.netvibes.com (publish)• Widgebox.com (create, get html)• Notepad++ (edit html/xml)• Feedburner (manage RSS feeds, enhance, stats)• Twitterfeed (merge, edit, publish)• Yahoo Pipes (filter, merge, edit, publish)• Google analytics• Paint• Feedscrapers (Feedity etc, )• SocialMention.com• Getfavicon.com

“ If it is out there, you can get it into Netvibes”

• “ The Library Connection”

•Search

•News

•Services

•Scientific Output

•…..?

•The “ PR & Marketing Connection”

•Aggregate what is being said out there about you

Possible ResourcesRelevant / Related News

• Zorgvisie [zorgvisie.nieuws@reedbusiness.nl] http://www.zorgvisie.nl/RSS.htm 

• Nieuwsbrief V&VN [http://venvn.dmdelivery.com/x/?S7Y1.J9ra2Rg9L.I1sTIyNj4f46tiYkRAA137] http://www.venvn.nl/Actueel.aspx 

• http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/vws (RSS)

• Nursing nieuwsbrief [http://vedm.net/click2?l=Nqakh&m=DM31U&s=nvT4kOhttp://www.nursing.nl/home/feed/rss/1

• De Gelderlander• Het nieuwe werken: 

http://www.hetnieuwewerkendoejezelf.nl/ • Adformatie: http://www.adformatie.nl/

For Scientific Output UMCN or Literature Research

•PubMed•Medline•Web of Science•Scopus•Embase•Cinahl•PiCarta•Medical Library:  http://www.ru.nl/ubn/mb/•UMCN Intranet:  https://portal.extern.umcn.nl/

Content

• News (old & new school)• Publications (Scientific, social• Twitter• Other social networks• Presentations• Images• Videos• bookmarks

The order of things from the CMB perspective … (1)• Toolbar (a free tool, and easy)

• Ok, but I can’t change it?• Yes, but I am not allowed to install at my work …• Ok, i will cut up functionality into a

• Search Box in html • RSS (for Intranet)

• Yes, but how do I manage that all?

• Eco.netvibes.com (centrale control widgets)

• Widgetbox.com too• Yes, but how to get a nice overview and publish it for all to see?

• www.netvibes.com (public page CMB)

• “If it’s on the Web, You can collect, control and publish it”• Ok, sharing and distributing stuff is ok, but what if they want their own?• -> Public Pages for Departments, groups topics etc…• It’s not about the tool, but the functionality• Libraries learn, and then we teach the users

• Social networks (Can & should we offer our services and resources here?)

• Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, Hyves, Second Life• Community & interaction• Social Networks for Scientist & Research

• Web 2.0 & Content (Delicious ,Slideshare, Blip.tv, Google Apps, , • What is the tool everybody is using, all day?

• The Browser• Toolbar, google toolbar, buttons, search plugins, add-ons, accellerators• IE8, Firefox, Chrome• Yes, but I also see staff & students walking around with mobile devices..?

• Mobile (a mobile site, services & resources mobile too?)

• Unlimited Internet, Mobile browser, iPhone Apps and much more• Mekentosh Papers!• Refworks• Medical (Library) Mobile Aggregator & Search http://www.netvibes.com/medlibmob

The order of things from the CMB perspective … (2)

• www.conduit.com community | helpdesk | library | rss | podcast | all web• http://Eco.netvibes.com (widgets maken en beheren)• www.widgetbox.com (widgets maken en beheren, WYSIWYG editor)• www.netvibes.com/cmb• www.netvibes.com/pubmed• www.netvibes.com/nlm• www.netvibes.com/yourdailymedicine• https://medley.isc-seo.upenn.edu/penn_portal/portal.php/217 (netvibes-like portal)• Conduit Marketplace • http://www.google.com/ig • www.Google.com/toolbar• Google Toolbar Button Gallery (Pubmed | CMB Search & News)• www.chrome.com | Extensions| Search

• Digicmb Blog post about: How to make library users start a search : 6+ ways to search outside "native interface“

• Digicmb Blog post about: 37 ways To Adjust Your Library Toolbar (or any Conduit Toolbar)

• Presentations about “Research 2.0 & Science 2.0): www.slideshare.net/digicmb

“background and more ..” (1)

• Search in the browser• Plugins: http://mycroft.mozdev.org/• IE8 | accelerators | add-ons• Firefox | Add-ons• www.slideshare.net Presentations | Documents | Following | Favorites | Groups | Events • Slideworld.com Medical Slides | Templates | ebooks • Linkedin UMCG | CMB• Facebook CMB | Groups | Pages• Twitter (The “Core of Information”)• LibraryThing• Flickr, YouTube, Delicious• Mobile

– Search & News– Reference management– Communication– Apps, Mekentosh Papers– iTunes U (distribute academic content like music, podcasts etc)– http://www.netvibes.com/medlibmob

• http://go2Web20.net (Search a Web 2.0 tool for functionality)

“Background & more” (2)

• PB Wiki• WebMynd Sidebars• Conduit Apps Marketplace• Scribd: Publishing, Sharing

Documents• Second Life, Education & Simulation• Tweetdeck, Search & Control• Skysa Website App Bar• Apps for Toolbars• Netvibes ECOSYSTEM• XML Validator• Google Gadget Editor• Wakoopa, tracks used Software• NotePad++• MyCroft OpenSearch Plugins• Custom Search Engines (Google)• ShareThis• TwitterCounter• Slideshare• FlagCounter

“Even more tools, broad perspective…”

•Odiogo, Posts into podcast•Post Rank•Widgetbox, Create & Distribute•TwitterFountain•WP Cumulus, the 3D Tag Cloud•Feedjit, Live Traffic Feed•Search for Web 2.0 Tools•Free Conduit Toolbar•Blogger : NLM Toolbar Blog•Del.icio.us•CiteUlike•Netvibes, the best Startpage•FreeMind (mind mapping)•LibraryThing•Feedburner : enhanced RSS•Getfavicon.org

Thank you for your attention!

Guus van den BrekelEmail: a.j.p.van.den.brekel@med.umcg.nl / brekelajp@gmail.comTwitter: digicmbBlog: digicmb.blogspot.comNetvibes: www.netvibes.com/digicmbSlideshare: www.slideshare.net/digicmbFacebook: http://profile.to/guusvandenbrekel/Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=18148582(see for bookmarks: http://delicious.com/digicmb