Mmm, del.icio.us

We have had a del.icio.us tag cloud for a year or so at Wagga City Library and it replaced a list of useful links. I taught a seniors' Internet class this morning and told them that one way of getting reliable information and cutting down on information overload, is to go to the library's tag cloud because those links have been chosen by librarians as good sources of information. Of course, our library website is down so we couldn't actually see the tag cloud!
My tag cloud is here. It took me a little while to get the buttons onto my toolbar but now they're there it is just so easy to add tags. I see the advantages as being that del.icio.us contains much more information than a traditional favourites list. There are some great options for manipulating the tags, like bundling them. When you are not on your own computer, which happens often at work and if you travel, it is excellent to be able to access your favourites online. A bit like RSS feeds, I didn't really see the point of this for myself until I set it up. As local studies librarian I get a lot of family history enquiries and I would love to send people to a bundle of all my favourite genealogy sites. We all like to simplify things and it is especially important for older people when it comes to computers so I am going to get busy tagging and bundling.