A Different Kind of Bookmark!

This session on social bookmarking really opened my eyes to all the people out there who are using tools such as Delicious to organize their technology experiences. I found the podcast on Delicious very helpful since I wasn't understanding the concept of social bookmarking to begin with (a visual for me always helps)! I can truly see how using Delicious would be beneficial in organizing research once you understand the idea of tagging (just like labeling a file is so important for finding that file later). When I was looking around in our account, I found it very interesting to see how people tagged the same article--some used only one tag and others had maybe ten for the same article. This alone would be helpful for research assistance. I did not set up a Delicious account simply because I don't think I would use it enough for the social aspect and it would be too much work for just the bookmarking! However, I am cetainly glad I know what it is and can now add it to my "something to think about" technology notes. I would hope that our students are learning about these technology tools to aid them in their research tasks. Can the public libraries do more in getting the word out? I think so!