more with del.icio.us

Being able to add notes to entries in del.icio.us can be helpful-- especially if your whole circ staff or reference department uses the same account as a list of organized links. This is also helpful if one is not familiar with the link but would "just right" during a reference interview. Also, if you have an extensive list of links, it would be easy to forget the nuances of some of the links when looking to match a question with a link when choosing between a couple.

I do like that you can rename tags in del.icio.us easily. Much easier than LibraryThing the last time I tried to add consistancy to my catalog. LT may have made it easier than it was, I do not know. And I only have a modest collection-- under 1000 titles.

Some of the other features available for del.icio.us would be useful, though I do not use them currently. The rss feeds would be especially good for keeping up on certain topics. This would be really useful for business libraries. Or if you find a really good set of bookmarks off of another library's list.

I have bundled a couple of my tags together the first time in semester one, but it does not display until I click on "bundle tags." Right now I am not too concerned, as I only have about 33 entries, which is all on one page, if I change the display settings at the bottom of the page.

My library has the del.icio.us software blocked from our circ computers, so that I can not add links if I log into my account, as it requires downloading software onto each circ computer. Though, with the new director we have, we may be able to get this changed. I think all we have to do is have SCLS to add something to each computer. I would love to be able to use del.icio.us at the desk. So that each computer had the same links on them.