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an (already old) article on social bookmarking

Earlier this year, I wrote an article for Feliciter, the magazine of the Canadian Library Association, for a themed issue on libraries and social software. My article, entitled “The Brave New World of Social Bookmarking: Everything You Always Wanted to Know but Were Too Afraid to Ask” (pithy titles are not my strong suit) is [...]

delicious, indeed

My call for libraries that use del.icio.us netted a few interesting examples. I thought it might be a good idea to post the list of libraries here rather than have you fish around in the comments to find these:

La Grange Park Library
Lansing Public Library – syndicates their del.icio.us feed right on their home page (along [...]

del.icio.us libraries?

From Joanne, a blogwithoutalibrary.net reader:
Do you know of any public libraries using del.icio.us as an alternative to list of recommended websites? We’re thinking of doing this and are curious to know if/how others are doing it.
A great question! I’m curious about academic libraries using del.icio.us too. If your library is on del.icio.us, do let [...]

OLA: User-Created Content: Is there a Role for it in the Library’s OPAC?

OLA Super Conference
Presenter: Beth Jefferson, BiblioCommons
Beth worked with Ranganathan’s five principles to frame her talk (which provided great context, but I only got notes on four of them! Bad, bad conblogger). She also worked in some examples of work that’s being done on the Oakville Public Library’s website redesign (which is not live [...]