>"We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself" ~Lloyd Alexander

Week 3. Delicious

1) What are the advantages of storing, sharing, and tagging web content this way? What are the disadvantages?

Advantages are:
Access from any computer at any time- very handy
Organizing and keeping bookmarks by using tags
Combining sources under tag bundles
Sharing with anyone on the Web
Quick and systemized search and browse
Having favorite, most popular bookmarks for CPL

After all, somebody has done the work for you!

Disadvantages are:
There is no material written in Russian!
Tags are personal choices. They could be varied, and inaccurate or difficult to figure out

2) How comfortable are you using Best Websites, after this practice? Do you have any tips for using Best Websites on Delicious?

This bookmarking web service is new to me, so I’d like to practice it more to become more comfortable. After talking to my colleagues Melanie and Maureen, to whom I am very grateful for their help, I realized that this is a good tool for Reference Assistance but I don’t see how it could be used by Circulation staff in our busy branch other than to recommend for curious customers.

Yes, the founder Joshua Schachter with his 20,000 links had to come up with something innovative like this to organize the chaos. For me personally, I am going to stay loyal to Google for searching, especially information in Russian, but will try Delicious for expanding and organizing my search as well.