Well not only does it sound great but it has endless possiblities for use in Libraries or any information industry. Actually any workplace could benefit from Delicious, it's a great way to share resources without the need to email everyone.
I often have lots of websites saved in my favourites that other people have passed on as a great source of information for certain requests. If we all had access to a tool like Delicious we could put all the usefull websites in once place and use the websites when needed.
I like the idea of having the descriptions for the links as well, very useful.
Here is the link to my Delicious account http://del.icio.us/Sethenon. I was tempted to put some food recipe websites on their but instead I put my favourite website the BOM website because yep I am a weather geek.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Wikkis
Finally something I actually have not only heard of but already used. But then I suppose most of us will have used the famous Wikipedia website at one time.
The article on Wikipedia was interesting, I had heard myself that information found there can be innacurate due to anyone been able to make changes or additions. However according to the article a high percentage of information on the website is accurate.
Apart from Wikipedia I have already used wikkis through my distance education course at University. The Library at Charles Sturt Uni has wikkis on their website and it's a great use of wikkis because they have the lates news, links, updates and new items available. I think all Libraries could make similar use for Wikkis, we could advertise upcoming events, new books etc.
There were some interesting Wikkis online, I got slightly sidetracked by a Buffy one, found that one by accident, an hour later I remembered I was supposed to be doing LIbrary Learning 2.0
The article on Wikipedia was interesting, I had heard myself that information found there can be innacurate due to anyone been able to make changes or additions. However according to the article a high percentage of information on the website is accurate.
Apart from Wikipedia I have already used wikkis through my distance education course at University. The Library at Charles Sturt Uni has wikkis on their website and it's a great use of wikkis because they have the lates news, links, updates and new items available. I think all Libraries could make similar use for Wikkis, we could advertise upcoming events, new books etc.
There were some interesting Wikkis online, I got slightly sidetracked by a Buffy one, found that one by accident, an hour later I remembered I was supposed to be doing LIbrary Learning 2.0
RSS Feeds
I'm going to admit that I found RSS feeds a tad confusing. However I have persevered and got the hang of it.
I didn't actively search for any new RSS feeds I just chose out ofthe options when I joined up. There were so many to choose from, I don't know when I would have time to look at all those feeds.
I can see a use for RSS feeds in the library, I do think it would be time consuming to manage though and it would need the users to be computer literate.
Well phew that's over with, on to the next hurdle.
I didn't actively search for any new RSS feeds I just chose out ofthe options when I joined up. There were so many to choose from, I don't know when I would have time to look at all those feeds.
I can see a use for RSS feeds in the library, I do think it would be time consuming to manage though and it would need the users to be computer literate.
Well phew that's over with, on to the next hurdle.
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