Comments for Jfobert's Weblog

Comment on Implementation of Social Software by Kimberly Giedd

Kimberly Giedd — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:08:41 +0000

Even though I have had minimal experience working in a library, I do agree that it is so difficult for library staff to implement changes because they are often met with resistance. Even college students are reluctant to change and adapt to new web pages and such. As a fairly recent college graduate and current graduate student, I do like the idea of having a feed for library news, especially if it contains important links. I also think including it in the school’s general web page makes a lot of sense, since more students are likely to encounter it there, rather than taking the extra step to go to the library page.

Comment on Social Bookmarking and tagging by kimgiedd

kimgiedd — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:55:21 +0000

I did not realize that del.icio.us would check for duplicate sites before the user adds a bookmark. It makes sense that the site has this function; online systems usually watch for that sort of thing.

Comment on Social Bookmarking and tagging by Michele

Michele — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:16:30 +0000

I’m glad you mentioned the very exciting LC/Flickr collaboration called The Commons. Both entities blogged about it this week:
Flickr:
http://blog.flickr.com/2008/01/16/many-hands-make-light-work/
LC:
http://www.loc.gov/blog/?p=233
What do people think about this partnership?