I've used iGoogle for a while, and found it pretty useful. The design is easy to style, theme-wise, and work with. Adding content, such as widgets, is a piece of cake. So far, I've stuck on a calendar, a chat box, a to-do list, weather info, a SI link, a YouTube search, Flickr and a news feed. Too much, actually, but it's fun to have all that stuff. Some for the office, some for fun. It works for me.
The only trouble I've really had is with Google calendar. It takes a while to load and is often cumbersome when it comes to adding an event. In addition, if you open the darn thing, often you can't get out again--there's no link to return to your iGoogle page.
I can really see the value of such a customized page for the area in which I work in at the library. As each area (formerly a department) has specialized content, having a page to reflect this would be pretty nifty. For example, we could add links to finding aides, create a vid and make it available via YouTube, add some Flickr images, link to dbs and the catalog. Of course, there's been talk of this for years, but not much has ever been done. iGoogle, Pageflakes, etc., would makes the task a lot easier.
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