Learn & Play--Thing 13 Delicious!!

I set up a Delicous account several months ago because Rachel Rubin told me that she used her own account frequently, and was kind enough to give me a quick tutorial. Going through the 23 things has prompted me to re-visit my own Delicious account.

Tagging shows up in many of the social networking sites, but I think that Delicious is an excellent site for me to use, because I can hang onto interesting tidbits of information without using a post-it note, or computer print-out.

My Delicous account is linked on this blog. If you have the time, look at the Hill Business Library site from Minnesota.

RSS Feed Readers

I set up my first feed reader, a MyYahoo! account about 2 years ago. I use it to demonstrate the practical application of RSS feeds to adult students and business people. I see no reason to set up a bloglines account, when my MyYahoo! page works just fine.

I can use EbscoHost, or ProQuest to set up an RSS feed with full text journal articles. The problem with this service is, I cannot read the full text of the articles when I am not in the library, because of authentication requirements from the database provider.

I can set up RSS feeds from blogs I admire, like the Kegliography, Common Craft, and Library Bytes to stay informed.

Databases That Warm My Geeky Heart

So, I'm an unabashed library geek, you gotta problem with that? I really like the new database, or Premium Resource (in CML parlance) called Gongwer News Service. Any CML cardholder with internet access can select this database from our list of Premium Resources on our Reference page http://columbuslibrary.org/reference, and find informatin on Ohio government, legislation in the Ohio House or Senate, and Ohio related news articles.

The Gongwer News Service should be of interest to Ohio business people looking for government legislation information on their industry.