Folksonomies & tagging

Del.icio.us is a great way of accessing your bookmarks anywhere, anytime. But it's also a good way of sharing tags with people interested in the same subjects - like a Web 2.0 version of old-fashioned bibliographies. Looking at other people's tags lets you follow their readings and research, link to communities of interest and discover the websites they follow.

Del.icio.us enables a collaborative online reference experience which ensures its popularity with a wide range of libraries and librarians.

Check out my bookmarks at http://delicious.com/katherineahall.

I hadn't really looked at Technorati before, but I will be from now on. It's a great way of searching blogs with a targeted rather than scatter-gun approach. The advanced search features allows you to search by keyword, URL or tags. Fantastic!

I love the idea of LibraryThing, it's just that I don't actually buy all that many books myself. I usually borrow them from the library. Still, I suppose I could catalogue all the books that I've read - the library I'd have if I had more money (and space). I do love seeing what other people are reading. It's also a great idea for bookclubs to keep track of their books, authors and readers. I can see that embedding LibraryThing in library catalogues will become more and more popular and that many libraries will take it up.