1. 12 ways to improve databases ideas and wishes for making databases ubiquitous for 21st century researchersbuffy hamilton || @buffyjhamilton || december 2009 image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkohen/385744651/sizes/o/
2. 1 the ability to export bibliographic information to K12 and open source citation managers, such as noodletools, zotero, and citeulike
3. 2 visualization of search results in all searches of a vendor’s databases, not just one database search experience, to enhance brainstorming
4. 3 consistency in the appearance of social sharing features across all vendor platforms and searches Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/eole/467858863/sizes/l/
5. 4 smoother RSS integration into information portals like netvibes and google reader Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/hundreds/518303954/sizes/o/
6. 5 more social media options for social media sharing on the “share this” menu
7. 6 the ability for users to create a custom and seamless search experience comparable to tools like google books and google news Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/davefayram/3468975506/sizes/l/
8. 7 the ability for users to see tags/tag clouds and to search by tags (think library thing, aquabrowser) for searches and within specific articles Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/oceanflynn/366423504/sizes/o/
9. 8 pull from a more diverse pool of social media resources, including video, podcasts, twitter feeds, and blogs