I have had a del.icio.us account since before this class started. I like having all my favorites handy, no matter what computer I am working at. I am still a bit uncomfortable using it, though, and haven't totally figured out the best way to navigate around the site - like how to combine 2 tags, or how to only see sites if they have been updated since I last visited. Del.icio.us is partially blocked at work, so it's hard to evaluate its potential professional use when I can't really use it when I'm working. (I can open my account, but I can't tag anything new.) I also don't have tons of sites tagged, yet, so I still find myself pulling down the "favorites" from within my browser more often than opening del.icio.us and looking at how I organized things, and then opening what I need. As a cataloger at heart, though, I actually am looking forward to that "rainy day" when I can totally organize everything I have and systematically tag, link to new items, and evaluate how others have tagged similar sites.
I tried looking at other people's links, in order to populate my site, but wasn't overwhelmed with what I was finding. I'm not sure I see potential library applications (for our users) yet, but certainly see using this as a way to personally become better educated and to find relevant sites about personal or professional topics of interest, or to help find resources to better answer a reference question.
I am thrilled to finally be able to spend the time to learn these 2.0 tools. I am glad this course has given me the opportunity to do this.
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