Monday, April 19, 2010

Wikipedia

• How easy or difficult was it to find articles that needed editing? Were the errors you found factual or grammar / spelling?

In comparison to “Delicious”, I know Wikipedia pretty well and use it a lot for many different purposes. Wikipedia covers a colossal amount of different topics, and I could not find a subject it does not talk about. Because I am a cat person, I found an article about this pet in Russian. I tried adding some information to that article (it was very easy), but I did not submit it because that piece of information was not very significant. In many cases I can find the meaning to a word even in Russian using Wikipedia. On the other hand, if I am looking for important information, I will not rely completely on Wikipedia, because anyone could edit the articles and provide incorrect information.

Best Websites

• How comfortable are you using Best Websites, after this practice? Do you have any tips for using Best Websites on Delicious?

This is very new to me and I spend time for practicing. Now I can see how it is used by other people. “Delicious” helps to organize searching and to keep one’s favorite web sites. It works like “Favorite” but can be easily accessed from any computer. I am sure, this is a very important asset to the Information Desk staff, and not so much for Circulation.