Students' Twitter usernames
Subscribe to these and other blogs via the "subscribe" link or icon on the blog (ex:
or
or
), by using the RSS icon in the URL address bar of the Firefox browser, or by the search feature in your RSS reader.
To find more blogs to subscribe to, you can use Technorati, which is a search engine specifically for blogs. Remember that other frequently updated websites also often allow you to subscribe with RSS: examples are Craigslist (classified ads), del.icio.us (website bookmarks), and Wikipedia (changes to articles).
One of the most important thing that libraries, archives, and museums can do for themselves and their patrons is to link to their online materials from Wikipedia. Editing the content of an article can of course help improve the accuracy of the information about a historical topic, but it might be even more important to provide good references at the end of the article. Links in the "References" section of Wikipedia to primary sources, finding aids, and online exhibits can greatly increase the use of these authoritative materials. See the articles below for more on this topic.
Students' del.icio.us usernames:
Use the tag "nyuhistory" for bookmarks, and that way we'll always be able to find each others' bookmarks even without "friending" each other on del.icio.us. This tag can also be used on other sites that allow tagging, such as Twitter and Flickr.
Explore the tags that users have added; find an item and add a tag.