Welcome to the "Delicious" Library Cookbook

Here you will find tips and tricks of using the Delicious (formerly known as del.icio.us) bookmarking service for libraries and librarians. This was inspired from a program called "The del.icio.us Cook Book: recipes for the everyday tagging" that I presented at the Upstate New York Chapter Special Libraries Association (UNYSLA) "Communicate and Collaborate:  Practical Uses of Interactive Technologies." Delicious is a fairly simple service to learn and use, but it can be a very powerful tool if you integrate it into your everyday workflow. I wanted to create a central place where other libraries and librarians can find creative ways to use delicious.

For those of you not familiar with delicious and other social bookmarking services, here is a quick video to explain the concept:

Social Bookmarking in Plain English

Below you will find a two Google gadgets monitoring pages recently tagged "del.icio.us" and popular pages tagged "del.icio.us" rss feeds. Clicking on a link will show a description, so you will need to click on "view link >>" to actually go to the bookmarked site.