What is it?
Delicious (http://delicious.com/) is a “social bookmarking” site. Basically, social bookmarking is the process of tagging, organizing, and sharing content on the Internet.
It’s similar to the “favourites” list on Internet browsers, except bookmarks that are saved using Delicious are accessible from any computer. Because of this, you can share "social bookmarks" with people all over the world.
With Delicious, you can also “tag” bookmarks, which means you can describe them using your own words.
Here's your three-step assignment for the week. Remember to post your answer to the reflection question on your blog - no need to email your response.
1) Explore the Best Websites on Delicious (http://delicious.com/CALGARYPUBLICLIBRARYFAVORITES). Experiment with the display options: you can sort the bookmarks in lots of ways, or display more on each page.
Note: To change the display options, click the “display options” link. There’s a grey bar near the top of the page – on the right side, it says “Bookmarks 482.” Right under that is the “display options” link. If you click this link, it gives you options for sorting and displaying the bookmarks on the Best Websites.
Think about reference topics you deal with often. Try searching for relevant sites by using the tags and tag bundles displayed on the right side of the page. Get as comfortable and familiar with the site as you can!
2) Check out some of the staff blogs on the CPL 2.0 Delicious site! (http://delicious.com/cpl20) These are the blogs that your colleagues are working on. Does someone have a question you can answer, or an experience you can identify with?
3) In your blog, comment on ONE of the following:
• What are the advantages of storing, sharing, and tagging web content this way? What are the disadvantages?
OR
• How comfortable are you using Best Websites, after this practice? Do you have any tips for using Best Websites on Delicious?
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This is an interesting assignment but difficult to do a reference question between customers. Perhaps short assignments would be greatly appreciated. Not everyone has offdesk time.
ReplyDeleteHi, I was just wondering if I need to send you an email with a link to my blog each time I post an answer?
ReplyDeleteHi Katie and Heather! I've had a Delicious account for a while and didn't need a Yahoo email account to register. When some people are trying to set up Delicious it looks like they need to create a Yahoo email account. Some really don't want yet another email account, is there some way around this??
ReplyDeleteHello Anonymous- we have done our best to make the assignments short and easy to complete inbetween customers. If you are having difficulty finding time to do this, please discuss this with your scheduler or manager.
ReplyDeleteHey Raphael- once you have sent the information from the Blog assignment to Katie, you do not need to email us unless you have a question (and don't want to post it on the blog)
Hi Ally, People do not need a Delicious account to complete the tasks for this weeks assignment. If you have further questions regarding this let Heather know (Katie is away for the next little while).
ReplyDeleteThanks :)