LibraryThing

Librarything would be a useful tool for public libraries. Subject related to an academic environment are lacking. Most of the books I looked up did not have reviews and do not provide a book description. Another plus is that you can find book stories and libraries in certain city. If a person is into chat groups the group tag gives a wild variety to choose from.

Digg

Social news site that people vote/digg a story. People can also comment on the story. The video recommends people to use the digg website for research. Maybe they should have a good way to get started on a research project.

Delicious

Social book mark website are good for some people. Tags are like subject headings. Its a good way to get your websites organized. It's a good program to use if you are using multiple computers or need other people to look at your websites.

Tagging

Not sure if tagging should be in libraries. Libraries need a more structured tagging system in subject headings. If we let users make up there on tagging systems in the libraries I can see confusion for all users. Tagging should be encouraged on someones personal computer or program.

Twitter

Yet another social web site. I am shocked on how anyone can keep up with all these social groups. You could spend your whole day just trying to keep track of them all. On certain web sites I have seen follow on twitter tags. At least I learned about hashtags.

Instant Messaging

I have been on Yahoo messenger for awhile. I love it. Some times it is a pain when you get people trying to get you to look at the porn sites. Our University has a type of messaging systems on its web page. Anyone having a question can just click on "need help? looking for answers?" box. Here they will have contact to a live person that will provide them with the information they need.

Ning

Ning would be a good thing for libraries to use. Here they could place photos and videos of the library and some special projects that took place at the library. You could even having reading groups post to this page. The site would even be a good way to keep patrons informed of up coming events.