Week 4: Social Bookmarking

I had heard of del.icio.us, but had not had any direct contact.

Tagging is not a new concept to those of us who have been catalogers. And applying one's own "subject headings" certainly has appeal over struggling with MESH or LCSH to find the "correct heading."

In delicious, everyone is their own cataloger. And as long as a person is consistent and remembers the terms s/he has used, this is a shortcut way to organize one's info in a meaningful way.

Having one's bookmarks accessible from any computer is appealing. A group could share the same delicious account and gather the relevant bookmarks for a resaerch project into one place. Consistency in applying tags would be essential.

(I had done work on this week 4 material before I was able to finish week 3--due to forgotten passwords--so I am posting in my blog for week 4 on the same day as I posted for week 3.)