Monday, July 19, 2010

Thing 5: Delicious

And here we are at Thing 5 already! And it's Delicious! Delicious is a social bookmarking site that allows you to store all your bookmarks in one place – accessible from any computer or device with internet access. It also allows you to tag your bookmarks and share sites with others on Delicious. Many of us are still saving our bookmarks via the browser which means they reside on the computer you are using at the time. But bookmarking through Delicious allows you to access your bookmarks regardless of the computer you are using. Tagging allows you to organize your bookmarks in a more accessible and more relevant manner than folders. And sharing bookmarks with others allows for project collaboration, networking and mentoring.

To really get a glimpse of the power of Delicious in a library setting, read Making Your Library More Delicious by Ellie Dworak and Social Bookmarking and Tagging Boost Participation by By Melissa L. Rethlefsen.

Commoncraft does a great job of explaining in simple terms what it's all about (note that the current delicious website is delicious.com)


Here's a great overview and how-to register and use Delicious (though this is an older video, it's still a very helpful overview of how to use this great tool!)


Two examples of Delicious accounts relevant to library services for children:
Now it’s time to create your own Delicious account. Start saving some websites you visit frequently via Delicious. Try importing bookmarks from your browser.

Some questions to ponder:
  • How might you use Delicious in your daily work activities?
  • How can you use Delicious to collaborate with colleagues?
  • How could Delicious help students who use your library?
  • How can they use it for homework?
  • What about parents and teachers?
  • What about for recreational purposes?
  • How can students use Delicious for group projects or social networking?
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4 comments:

  1. shelf-employedJuly 19, 2010 at 5:27 PM

    I only wish I didn’t have to sign up for a Yahoo account to use Delicious. Just what I need, another email address. ha! ha!

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  2. Renee ChristiansenJuly 21, 2010 at 2:05 PM

    I'm thinking I'd like to use it to aggregate grant websites focusing on youth topics. Just haven't figured out how to do that yet.

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  3. Langdon FaustJuly 24, 2010 at 8:07 PM

    Indeed, this would be useful for students using the computers at our (public) library. They can't add the buttons to the tool bars and so adding the links to their accounts will be somewhat clunky, but still worth it to organize personal and study-related favorites.

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  4. Kelley BJuly 26, 2010 at 11:36 AM

    Renee - it's easy! Just TAG the listing when you bookmark it and then you can bundle them all together. You can even feed just that tag (grants) into a website if you'd like. I do that for my librarians with anything involving children, literacy, summer reading etc. So that they can see at a glimpse if there's something relevant to them.

    And Langdon - yes, public computers add a step, but it's still useful for patrons so they can always access their favorites no matter where they are. But the library itself could utilize it on public computers by having some of the tags feed into the website or portions of the website so on the reference page, you could have some of the most commonly asked questions as your particular library and links to bundles that help answer them. Kinda cool!

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