Thing 16: LibraryThing

I really like this one. However, I don't have enought time to keep up with all of the wonderful recommendations, blogs, etc. Still, it's nice to cruise through when I have a chance. It's good to get feedback on the popular books. I enjoy reading about the trials and tribulations that other librarians go through at their places of employment. Misery loves company, right? However, I am not sure what I think about "Scream at the Librarian". I ran across a reference to that on Librarian.net. I'm toying with the idea of giving it to my godson for Christmas in case he ever thinks of entering this field. I did look at Librarians Who LibraryThing, I See Dead People's Books, and Thingology. I did not find sections on ThingLang, ISBN Check, or MARCThing. I did find a Thingology blog about MARCThing, but that's the closest I got to it. I'm not a cataloguer, so I'm not particularly interested in that anyway. I did try adding a book using the ISBN. I thought that might bring up ISBN Check. I don't know if it did or not. I deleted the book and intend to try again later.

Thing 15: Digg

I was starting to have hope after Thing 14. But Thing 15, aka Digg, is a let-down. I don't like the fact that there is no control over what people post. Posts are sorted into general categories, which means I have to look through a lot of posts to get a little information. It takes too much time to open a story and check the source. In a way Digg reminds me of Facebook. I bet there are a lot of people whose whole purpose is to see if their stories make the Top Ten Diggs, just like the people who join Facebook and compete for the most "friends". I suppose if I would love Digg if I had no life and didn't mind spending hours looking through all of the posts. I do not see how this would benefit the Library. On the up side, it's probably very good for insomniacs.

Thing 14: Delicious

I really like this one. It's easy to use. It's very convenient to have everything in one place. And it's wonderful that I can access this from any computer. I also like the way I can search for new bookmarks using the tags. When I make a bookmark, it suggests tags for the site, which is very helpful. I am rarely sure what tags are the most relevant. I'm impressed that I can bookmark a blog and make it private. I admit I was getting bogged down by some of the 23 Things, but now I'm regaining my enthusiasm for this course. I want to play around with Delicious a little more, but that can wait for a while. Due to time constraints, I need to move on to the next Thing. You can click here to get to my Delicious page.