Over the past week I have been exploring some of the sites suggested by Suellen and sites classmates have mentioned. I have been using goodreads for about a month now. I actually noticed it on someone's blog for LSC597 and thought it looked like fun. I always have scraps of paper with book titles scribbled on them. Goodreads is a great place to organize all of the books I've read and would like to read. I also like the ability to join in on discussions. Seldom someone else is reading the same book I am in my day to day, and the discussion and comment features of the site let you get out all your excited/angry/sad/irritated/delighted comments.
I took the flickr tour, and while I haven't used the site myself, family members often post photos to share and my library has a photo stream for event photos. I didn't realize how many features that the site had available, like editing and annotating photos. I liked that the privacy levels on photos or albums are easy to adjust, based on who you want seeing what. Overall, the interaction between other social media sites like Twitter and Blogger appears to make sharing a quick and easy process.
CiteULike is clearly for serious research sharing and organizing, and outside of higher education, I can't see librarians necessarily recommending this site. As another classmate mentioned, for my own research purposes, I would rather just use the tools the databases provide. However, if you were working on a large, collaborative paper or project, the site would definitely be useful.
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