tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137569972011-04-21T14:13:21.385-07:00Canadian Library Association - June 18th, 2005Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09202565451388522495noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756997.post-1119052585985874552005-06-17T16:47:00.000-07:002005-06-18T08:09:39.450-07:00+ What are Tags/Folksonomies<blockquote><br />- Remember online bookmarks?<br />- You save interesting sites, and "tag" them (folders)<br />- Later rerieval/collection development of resources<br />- You can share your tagged sites with others (RSS)<br />- Tags can be private</blockquote><br />+ Examples<blockquote><br />- <a href="http://del.icio.us">del.icio.us</a><br />- <a href="http://de.lirio.us">del.irio.us</a><br />- <a href="http://www.citeulike.org">CiteULike</a> (find it in your library?)<br />- <a href="http://www.connotea.org">Connotea</a><br />- <a href="http://www.unalog.com">Unalog</a><br />- <a href="http://www.furl.net">Furl</a><br />- <a href="http://www.flickr.com">Flickr</a><br />- <a href="http://www.43things.com">43 Things</a></blockquote><br />+ So?<blockquote><br />- Adding to the collective intelligence <br />- Long tail of the web<br />- Different from search<br />- Good for ongoing reasearch projects<br />- Wisdom of the Crowds?- Does your library have a blog? You may do this already (categories)</blockquote>- Other Stuff <blockquote><br />- <a href="http://www.gataga.com">Gataga</a><br />- Easy tagging with bookmarklets</blockquote> <br />+ For libraries?<br /><blockquote>- Librarians sharing resources<br />- Go beyond search<br />- Tag catalog entries<br />- Tag articles on databases (can use the above resources)<br />- Tag books of interest (Have patrons do the same - book clubs)<br />- Teams/Departments can share resources easily</blockquote><br />+ Compromise?<blockquote><br />- Why only subject headings which are "unflexible"?<br />- Make the catalog a "two way" service (librarians and patrons)<br />- Meet in the middle?)</blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13756997-111905258598587455?l=tagyoureitcla.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09202565451388522495noreply@blogger.com3