Week 6, #13 - Discovering Del.icio.us

This social networking site offers a much more efficient and entertaining way to manage your bookmarks. Plus, you can network with other folks with similar interests to see what they are bookmarking. I had heard of Del.icio.us, but didn't really know anything about it. The tutorial video was very helpful, as were the resource materials. I can see how the networking aspect could really assist with research on a particular topic - after all, you can see what someone else has found, plus you can without limit categorize your bookmarks in any way that is meaningful to you. You can also see how others have tagged that bookmark, which can lead you to new ways of looking for sites that may be of interest that you would never think of yourself. Libraries can take advantage of social networking to link community users with resources in new ways. Web resources on a particular topic can have multiple tags making them easier to find by users. Users can give feedback on the usefulness of resources, and can expand the number and variety of resources found.