I am a very big fan of Delicious and found Diigo to be less
than appealing visually. Diigo was difficult to read but offered some features
that I found very useful. I like the
ability to highlight text and make sticky notes. Delicious was very easy to set up and the
display was much easier to read. I think that librarians can use Delicious to
stay current on many related internet sites and can group topics together.
Diigo and Delicious seem to be cut from the same cloth and they are some
similar there is little reason to use both.
The ability to bundle tags is really useful in a research context
because you can keep items to tags such as “LIS???” or by paper topic. The
internet is full of information and in the sea of knowledge that is out there,
it is vital to have anchors that can lock the information into one place.
It is hard to compare Pinterest to Diigo and Delicious
because it is such a different type of tool.
I really like Pinterest because I am a visual learner and seeing is
believing for me. Pinterest also has a fun factor which I feel the other two
sites lack. I liked the ability to open
a webpage and pin any of the images on it, this made the use of Pinterest
pretty easy and the learning curve was almost nonexistent. I would say
Pinterest has the greatest utility in a library because you can put up pictures
of library events, locations, maps, and everything a patron would need all in
one board.
I agree that Pinterest would be the superior tool for marketing purposes. The sharing properties in both Delicious & Diigo are geared for collaborative efforts rather than promotional ones.
ReplyDeleteYou make a good point about the learning curve being non-existent for Pinterest. They really do make it as easy and as streamlined as possible. That's something to think about, especially with people using tablets and phones to access these sites.
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