I heard about Delicious, but never have time to try it. Because this course, I decided to register and do something. I found I like this site. I did not import my bookmark, but created new ones. It is good it immdiately shows how many other people have bookmarked the same site. It gives some idea on how good/popular the site is. Tagging is an interesting concept, it encourages participation. I think it will help to promote the site as well.
Persoanlly I prefer search results from Google/Yahoo than from the Technorati, but I think they serve for different purposes. I don't normally spend time to look at blogs if I want to find information. I prefer to find a few reputable sites. Google/Yahoo allows keyword searching, and the results are relevant. Technoratic gives a lot of results, but they are not always relevant. I think it is because the tags are not always reflect the contents accurately. After all, not everyone is a catalouger.
I need to think about how they can be applied in the library. I will post my comments here when I have some ideas.
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I heard a talk by someone at UTS at the Online conference. They use Delicious to share bookmarks among FLLs in different campus. This sounds a very good idea. Tranditionally, we use Webpages on Intranet to share useful links. Delicious will be another option and it is easy to edit. No need to use CMS.
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