Personalisation & customisation

It's been a while since I have posted, despite my best intentions.

Current area of interest is customisation. It has been sparked off from a query I had recently from a consultant regarding ways of streamlining e-resource access. Tools like igoogle mean that RSS feeds, web mail, literature search editions and general items of interest can be set up as soon as your browser loads. This save much time than individually logging into each individual account. Similar service is offered by MyYahoo with the nifty option to hid items you have already visited.

Tools like LeapTag, MyWeb, Google's custom search engine are all adding extra dimesions to our search experience.

Personalisation seems to be a buzz word at the moment, with the latest changes in the MyAthens interface and MyLibrary features on NLH, but are the users finding alternative options for more global customisation of their resources and are libraries doing enough to keep up with the organsation of information?

Another website that may be worth keeping an eye on is the new Hakia search engine. It's still earlier stages and not entirely sure I agree with the full review given by Infodoodads, as the search returns still need to be refined slightly.

Professional directory

Made a start on building a professional blog directory.
Pop across and see what you think, add yourself if you wish, or feel free to modify.
I was tempted to add a few disclaimers, but choose to leave as is.

No links have been added to the main wiki page, as the list appears to be getting quite long, but should be easy enough to find. Thought I would post here for comment prior to posting to LIS-WMnet.