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 * Proposal submission #21799**

Using a Social Bookmark Site to Assist in Diffusion of Online Information to Support Professional Practices
 * Title**

Heather Carter-Templeton, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, hcartert@utmem.edu Cynthia K. Russell, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, crussell@utmem.edu Pam Connor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, dconnor@utmem.edu Lin Wu, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, lwu5@utmem.edu
 * Presenter(s)**

Recent advancements in social bookmarking tools have assisted users in online collaboration and sharing of valuable information found on websites. Social bookmarking is used to store, organize, and share favorite or useful webpages within a group in an online central location. Links are saved using a tagging system to organize the webpages.
 * Description**

The purpose of our presentation is to describe our experiences with a social bookmarking site as a means of providing a central repository for online information related to information literacy and evidence-based practices in nursing. Our presentation will highlight how a tagging system to organize and store online information resources with keywords has the potential to help other nurses rapidly and easily access information relevant to practice. Social bookmarking can simplify the process of locating resources among peers and colleagues when seconds count.

Project team members who have developed our social bookmarking site will lead the discussion. We will describe the process of choosing a social bookmarking site for our project’s specific needs, setting up a social bookmarking site, end-user orientation for the social bookmarking site, our tagging scheme, and findings related to participant use of the social bookmarking site. Further, we will offer guidelines for others who are interested in using social bookmarking as a means of disseminating online information in support of professional practices.

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