I think of Delicious as a world wide list of favourites - I occasionally while away the time checking out whats new and popular. I also like searching the genealogy sites to see if anyone else is working on my family members. Also, I enjoy the travel sites people have bookmarked - especially places I'm going to be visiting. I've gotten some great ideas that way.
There are a lot of advantages to tagging over using formalized subject headings - it's much more accessible, anyone can add a tag & it's free! I do find, however, that it can be a cumbersome way to search, requiring much clicking, while someone patiently hovers over me at the info desk. (Perhaps I just need more practice) I'm thinking of one search I did recently for Alberta wetlands. I eventually found the government site I wanted at the bottom of the page. I hate to say the "g" word, but when I googled Alberta wetlands the site I was looking for was the first one on the list.
Delicious is a tool in our tool belt but it's not the only way to go.
A note to IT - I think we can lose the dots.
There are a lot of advantages to tagging over using formalized subject headings - it's much more accessible, anyone can add a tag & it's free! I do find, however, that it can be a cumbersome way to search, requiring much clicking, while someone patiently hovers over me at the info desk. (Perhaps I just need more practice) I'm thinking of one search I did recently for Alberta wetlands. I eventually found the government site I wanted at the bottom of the page. I hate to say the "g" word, but when I googled Alberta wetlands the site I was looking for was the first one on the list.
Delicious is a tool in our tool belt but it's not the only way to go.
A note to IT - I think we can lose the dots.
