Del.icio.us

I had a Del.icio.us account that I had made previously, but this week’s activities showed me that there is more I can do with it. For example, I was only using it as a way to access websites I use a lot at work. I did this because we move from computer to computer so often and I can’t always remember the URL I need quickly off the top of my head. But truthfully, after creating this account I really haven’t used it very much.
After exploring the operations of the site and the use of tags further I can now see how it can be useful for research. I can see how it would allow you to “copy” other people's search histories to find what they found, thus saving time. But, because I am not taking classes right now I can’t see this being something that I would personally use very often. What I can see is tags being useful on a library reference page. How many times do we do the same searches for different patrons? How often are we duplicating each other’s work? Maybe it would be helpful to have a Del.icio.us page for reference work. We could get the icon on all of the library computer tool bars and simply add the URL and tags after helping a patron (if time allows). Would this be something we would use? I don’t know. I thought that I would use the page I made more than I do so I guess we would have to try and see if any of us remembered to use it.
In conclusion I still feel the main strength of Del.icio.us is its ability to serve as a favorites list as we move from computer to computer within the library.