I've had a Del.icio.us account for awhile now. Besides having fun exploring other popular bookmarks, I liked the idea of being able to access my list of important websites from anywhere. Del.icio.us was where I actually first learned about tagging items. I haphazardly did this for awhile so I'm glad you can edit them! Since then, I have attempted to be a little more systematic with my tags in order for them to actually be useful. My biggest problem with Del.icio.us is I tend to forget about it's usefulness at important times. Last semester, I was working on a project that involved finding a lot of resources. I inefficiently e-mailed myself a list of links to have on hand. Del.icio.us would have been a much easier way to organize these and have immediate access, no matter where I was working. This is the one downside of having so many different Lib. 2.0 technologies to use. Sometimes, if we don't use them often enough we forget about them.
Tagging can get a little messy. Sometimes I get carried away with tagging or realize later that I could have used more logical terms. This can present problems, because different people tend to think of different ways to describe something. Sometimes I look at how other users have bookmarked a particular site to see a predominant description. That is the coolness of social bookmarking; we can collaborate and learn from each other.
Libraries can definetly make use of this technology. Incorporating tags on their public website to help people find a certain topic or subject would be useful to patrons. These could be used internally as well for the organizations Intranet. The library could have a Del.icio.us bookmark of websites for patrons. It would be a great place to put frequently asked for information, websites pertaining to homework help, government resources and tax information, and community information. Especially nice for people who have a difficult time getting to the library. We also could even have one for staff with important professional links and links to our benefits.
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