So once again despite hearing much about Delicious I had never used it. So being prompted to do so by PLCMC's list of 23 things I signed up for an account. I also added the Delicious extension to my Firefox browser and I am in love. Well not love exactly (I don't use that word for things) but I am very fond of it. Firefox's Delicious extension allows you to coordinate your bookmarks between Delicious and Firefox and I now have a button on my browser for bookmarking and tagging sites to my Delicious account. If I so desire, and I do, I can keep a side bar up on my browser with all my Delicious links and tags. I was able to import my bookmarks from Firefox right to my Delicious account.
The uses for Delicious are manifold. In my short time using it I've been able to discover a lot of other links by viewing other peoples accounts. Setting up collaborative accounts makes a lot of sense for a library or a library consortium to build and share a collection of free and reliable reference links. While perusing PLCMC's site and their links related to Delicious I discovered a couple of libraries that allow users to subscribe to their accounts so that the user can be notified when the library adds new links to the Delicious account. Delicious can also support your research or just general interests by allowing you to subscribe to tags so that you will be notified when other users add new sites with a particular tag. Delicious is the Web 2.0 tool that I have found the most utility in and had the most fun with.
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