LJ Article on Tagging in Libraries
The latest issue (9/15/2007) issue of
Library Journal has a nice
summary by Melissa Rethlefsen of the ways that libraries are taking advantage of tagging.
Labels: Library Journal, tagging
Tagging - is it all that it could be?
The
Wired Campus blog has an interesting
post on tagging called "Tough talk about tagging". See the comments for concerns about the lack of controlled language/authority control in tagging.
Back in January, the ResourceShelf
discussed why tagging is potentially quite useful for personal use and small groups, but has not yet proven to be so valuable for the masses. They note that many of the most popular
tags are technology-related and ask whether non-techies are publicly posting. That post was responding to the Pew Internet and American Life
survey on American tagging. This report includes an interesting interview with David Weinberger, the author of
Everything is Miscellaneous: the Power of the New Digital Disorder. Folksonomies had gotten quite a bit of
attention in the mainstream press including this Newsweek
article. Now folks are asking "Is tagging stuck?"
Labels: folksonomies, tagging
