Thing #12 - Rollyo

In theory, I really like Rollyo. I can think of a lot of instances where it could come in handy, particularly when providing reference assistance. In practice for personal use, however, it's not quite as perfect as I'd hoped. To create my search roll, I went into my del.icio.us account and used links that I had tagged with 'travel' and created an 'Icy Travel' search roll for sites that have both general travel info and specific arctic and antarctic travel info. When I was creating my search roll, I kept thinking that since the websites I was adding are ones that I'm already familiar with, it makes more sense to just go to the site that I know will have the best information. Rollyo seems to just create an extra step. I think, though, with lots of time and thought, reference librarians could come up with search rolls for particular areas where not all staff have the same level of expertise. A business or legal search roll would be excellent if put together by staff who are familiar with sites that they know to be reliable, and then staff who are unsure of these areas could use the search roll to answer questions more confidently.