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Social Bookmarking allows user generated tags to organise your websites and webpages of interest.
Tagging is an open and informal method of categorizing that allows users to associate keywords with online content (webpages, pictures & posts).
Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines (i.e. Library of Congress subject headings), tagging is completely unstructured and freeform, allowing users to create connections between data any way they want.
This week we want to take a look at a popular social bookmarking site called Delicious. Delicious is a social bookmarking manager which allows you to bookmark a web page, input notes and add tags to categorize your bookmarks.
Many users find that the real power of Delicious is in the social network aspect, which allows you to see how other users have tagged similar links and also discover other websites that may be of interest to you.
You can think of it as peering into another user's filing cabinet, but with this powerful bookmarking tool each user's filing cabinet helps to build an expansive knowledge network. Take a look at Delicious and learn about this popular bookmarking tool.
- Us.ef.ul: A beginners guide to Del.icio.us
- Social Bookmarking in Plain English: Another Commoncraft Youtube video which explains Del.icio.us in user friendly terms.
- YPRL Bookmarks: Yarra Plenty Regional Libraries Delicious account.
- Linking for Learning
#17 Delicious
Create an account (I know, not another one!) and take a look around Delicious. Explore the site options and try clicking on a bookmark that has also been bookmarked by a lot of other users. Can you see the comments they added about this bookmark or the tags that they used to categorize this reference? Create a blog post about your experience and thoughts about this tool. Can you see the potential of this tool for research assistance, for in the classroom? Or is it just an easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed anywhere online?
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