Web 2.0 101 Week 4 - Social Bookmarking

Can you see the potential of this tool for research assistance?   Or just as an easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed from anywhere?

As with all the other services we’ve explored over the past month, I will admit to being skeptical at first.  But that skepticism lasted all of 30 seconds with del.icio.us.  Sure, it is an easy way to create bookmarks that  can be accessed anywhere.  But it’s so much more than that.  This is an excellent way for a librarian to create a collection of bookmarks on a particular subject and make them available for others to use.  I used to spend hours on my patron access computers making sure that the bookmark files on each computer were up to date.  Having this sort of service available in a library, provided the hospital that doesn’t block this technology, would be a boon for library patrons and librarians alike.

 

 

Tags: del.icio.us, social bookmarking