A New Librarian’s Blog

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?

Using a social bookmarking tool like del.icio.us would be great for organizing our library’s collection of useful links, which are currently somewhat difficult to use and maintain on our library’s website.  Also, I like the idea of using this kind of tool to share information with researchers, although RSS feeds may be more useful for that purpose.  It is also very useful to be able to access these bookmarks from anywhere, but that is also possible with bookmarking tools that do not have the same tagging and social aspects.  For example, Yahoo! allows its users to create a customized list of bookmarks on their My Yahoo! pages, which can be accessed from anywhere.  Overall, I think social bookmarking provides a valuable resource for libraries and their users.