Del.icio.us is a tagging website that I have already used in previous courses. Like Rollyo, it is an excellent resource for organizing website and making some sense of the numerous sites I tend to bookmark on my laptop. I have so many folders of websites and toolbar shortcuts that I tend to forget some of the great sites I've come across.
Tagging is essentially like an electronic file cabinet, allowing users to organize sites and find information based on how each site is filed or classified. Del.icio.us allows users to organize websites and then see how other users have tagged the same sites. This function creates a social network and even leads users to discover similar sites that might be of interest. I used Del.icio.us for a project on GLBTQ resources and found that it was an excellent way to organize each resource and recall content easily. I could pull up legal resources or teen page without having to search through other related links. Like Rollyo, this is a time-saving and great organization tool for librarians and information literacy specialists.
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