Wow, I can certainly see the potential of these two tools for research assistance. You could set this up on the reference computer as the year progresses and have a fine handle on where to find answers to the questions asked during the course of a school year. It would work equally well for public library or school media center questions. And in this day of laptops and the Internet on cell phones, anyone could have their questions answered at anytime. These tools also provide a very efficient way to create personal bookmarks and access them from anywhere there is Internet availability. The potential for efficiency is tremendous.
I applied labels to my blog of Thing #6. It went OK but I was only allowed to add labels one at a time, which was time consuming, and they did not display in the order in which I created them. Oh well.
How could our library take advantage of tagging and del.icio.us. At the reference desk, we could tag answers to questions that are often asked, so we could help patrons more quickly and efficiently. We could also tag our professional materials instead of circulating them within the department, so we could find a topic we are interested in more easily. We could also tag items such as Reference and Staff meeting minutes, or tag upcoming conferences/seminars/webinars/other professional development opportunities by area (i.e. ILL, Reference, Serials, Circulation, E-Books, etc.)
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