Del.icio.us--Thing 13

Hmmm . . . I am feeling more and more like doing 23 Things is like following a web road map of an area where many of the roads have changed.  Del.icio.us seems like something that seemed exciting several years ago but since has been supplanted by other, better services.  For example, most of the links about del.icio.us on www.marylandlibrarieslearning2.blogspot.com/, including the one to the tutorial video were dead.  Also, at one point I selected "show freshest" instead of "view all" on del.icio.us and the first link was from 2007!  I did eventually find newer bookmarks, but find the layout to be kind of uninviting and techie-looking.  I went to the sites of a couple of libraries that were listed as using del.icio.us, and their links and bookmarks appeared to be 3-4 years old as well.  I hate to make this the negativity blog, but do not see del.icio.us as a useful library tool.  In terms of serving customers, a well-designed, diligently maintained library website with well-organized links (which I'd say that MCPL has) is a far better resource 

On this quiet, snowy day at my library, I will try to do one more "thing" today before we close.

Rollyo--Thing 12

Well, Rollyo . . . what can I say?  I wanted to like this tool, but I just don't.  I can't see how creating a search roll serves any useful purpose, that wouldn't be served just as well or better by a favorites list or Google.  I have also found it, on multiple different occasions that I tried to use it, to be a very slow website, often timing out because it was overloaded with "too many connections."  So, after stalling at Thing 12 for far too long, I am going to move on to the next thing.  Here is the link to my Rollyo profile: www.rollyo.com/twibrarian/