Week Seven Thing 15 - Delicious

After viewing the features of Delicious, I can see how this is an extremely user-friendly way to bookmark websites and use tags. As a cataloguer, sometimes LCSH hinders us in the way we can create headings for patron/staff use. This would not have the same effect as you can enter user-friendly terms (even slang) that patrons are more familiar with thereby making searches easier, faster and less time consuming. Staff may find that the time they take interpreting headings for patrons has been reduced and in turn the search time for items that staff have to help with will be reduced. Bonus......