Diigo

Imported all of my delicious bookmarks into Diigo. That was handy! I bet Diigo is better than Delicious but I think whatever application you use first will win out...

Delicious again!

Ok I've shared my bookmarks. To date I have bookmarked my favourite online shops. Will bookmark more later. I don't like the way its just a list  - a list that just goes on and on - can't I group into folders on the first screen - so with 4 or 5 folders on first screen  - i.e. Library, Shops, Books, etc. with relevant book marks inside the "folder". I know you can group by grouping tags but.... I like a neat front page. Am I doing something wrong or is it not as sophisticated as us librarians would assume it should be. Catalogues and sub catalogues anyone?

Folksonomy versus Taxonomy

"Somebody explained folksonomy to the librarian..."

This is hard for librarians. We like our guides and standards. I was a cataloguer at one stage so letting go of Dewey and Library of Congress and AACR2 is scary. I think allowing students to tag on the catalogue is a good one but librarians will need to let go...The example that sticks in my head was someone seeing a picture of an elephant on the web and deciding that it was the perfect grey to paint their front door so they tagged the elephant "front door"...For the love of God I hear all the cataloguers around the world shouting.....i know, I know.  Web 2.0 = Radical Trust. What about the idea of banking €25,000 with an e-book supplier and allowing the students to order whatever book they want (via the catalogue) from the supplier directly.

Delicious

I've just set up my delicious account. A bit confusing - whether or not to sign in with my Yahoo or google account, how to set it up on my menu bar - failed to do this but added to my favourites in the end. I have started to add my favourite online shops that I have bookmarked on my computer.
I can definitely see how this site will work for me. I don't have a laptop or access to a computer at home at the moment so once I'm sorted I can log into Delicious without having to add new bookmarks. I can see who else has bookmarked these sites and can see what they have bookmarked. Will post later about how to apply in a work context.