Delicious and LibraryThing

Delicious

I wonder  where they got the name from? I found the Delicious site quite hard. I only tagged a few websites. Delicious is a great way to keep all your bookmarks together, but I don't think that I will use it personally, but I can see how it can be handy in a library as you can have all of your most used websites in one place instead of saving them to favourites.

LibraryThing

I really like LibraryThing. I can keep track of what I am reading and what I have read.  LibraryThing is a good social network system.  It is a great way of keeping up-to-date with the latest books. It took me a while to figure out where to get the "widget thing" from and where to put it, but  I finally found it.  LibraryThing is really fast at finding your books and make it easy to search for titles and add them to your list of books. I think LibraryThing is great for library patrons to see what books other people are reading.

Wikis

Wikis are new to me. I find the concept of people being able to add information interesting and clever but how trustworthy is it? 

Is there a use for Wikis in libraries?  Maybe they could be useful for:

• Internal Training
• Updating Procedure Manuals
• Meetings
• Staff Training
• Upcoming events

I know Wikipedia is well known, but how current or accurate is the information?

(P.S Thanks to Lawley for his patience in helping me understand Wikis!!!)