That's the number of web sites I have bookmarked on my work computer. I learned this after setting up my Delicious account and importing my bookmarks. Upon visiting a new web site I do tend to bookmark it if I find it interesting or useful so that I don't have to try to remember it, and I knew I had a lot of sites bookmarked, but wouldn't have guessed more than a hundred. This makes me wonder how many of these sites I actually use or have even visited lately. Some, of course, I do visit often. DLTK is a site I often go to for craft ideas and coloring sheets. There are several sites I go to for fingerplays, Jean Warren's Preschool Express being one of them. Other sites, such as the local schools or Mapquest, I use from time to time and are worth saving. Then there are some that I have to wonder why I saved them to begin with but won't delete them for fear that I'll want to find them some day.
I haven't yet taken the time to explore much of Delicious but certainly I see the advantage of having bookmarked sites not just on one computer. I have a somewhat different list on my home computer than I have at work and there are times when I would like to find something that I have on the other computer. Several years ago my home computer crashed and I lost all my bookmarks. I could easily see recommending this service to patrons for saving their own list of bookmarks. But in making use of Delicious to provide a list of bookmarks for our patrons I have to wonder how this differs from simply having a list of links on our web site.
Delicious is great for organizing your bookmarks. At our library we specifically use it for History and Science Fair resources. What's great is it's easier to update than a website (at least at my library where we have people designated to update and change the libraries site) and I'm free to make changes.
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