Re: Book tagging

From: MULLEN Allen <Allen.MULLEN_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:46:34 -0800
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Andrew Nagy wrote:

>We'd be right back to where we started again.  The idea of a
>folksonomie is to use the user's "language" and not the crazy
>librarian speak :)

Maybe - ha!  But many public services people, especially 2.0 folks,
speak more than LCSH/MeSH. (Just flashed on a possible Unshelved-like
comic strip where library staff try to communicate with a cataloger who
speaks only LCSH).

>We are currently in the process of implementing/rolling out a
>new OPAC with tagging capabilities, but we are all very
>skeptical of the success due to the small population and
>breaking the inertia of having no tags on anything.

Let us know what you learn!

Allen
Received on Wed Feb 21 2007 - 15:48:52 EST