I felt that I might have dismissed del.icio.us too quickly, as my initial reaction was pretty negative. So, I am intending to set up my own del.icio.us account to keep track of the growing list of links that I am dicovering during 23 Things. I think it will be a great tool for this purpose. Just have to find time to set it up!

I also went back to take another look at the SJ Library del.icio.us account (see Classroom Learning notes). Under their del.icio.us tag I found a really interesting link to creating online Library guides. http://demo.libguides.com/content.php?pid=231  This has heaps of potential! Even so, I doubt that I ever would have found the link had I actually been searching for something on creating Library Guides. It is tagged under “L2tools” (LIbrary 2.0?) and then listed under “del.icio.us”. Must everything be so obscure? I think the personal nature of tagging and the strange new language of Web 2.0 often make it very difficult for new users.

A final comment : when I tried to get into this site - Springvale Library Libguides, I encountered a  block informing me that the content was pornographic. I have become cynical about the truth of DET blocks, so I tried again a few minutes later, and got in. I’m mystified, as I can’t think of anything less offensive than a bunch of Librarians talking about how to create online Library guides. Mind you there are “videos” on the site. Nasty things videos, you can’t trust them…. I am starting to wonder if DEThas their own random block generator, designed to make us all stop trying to access the internet.