Grace Wiersma writes:
>What would this debate look like if there were dissent about the value
>for libraries of social tagging, I wonder?
Maybe something similar to what happens when one suggests the potential
value of social tagging on AUTOCAT...but I'd hope for more reasonable
consideration of arguments, if not civility, here. ;-) Every
discussion I have seen on this topic in that listserv turns into rants
against Googlization. Whether of value or not, tagging is not the same
thing as free text searching of billions of web pages - makes it hard to
discuss.
Dare to compare - that's what I say. Populate a library catalog with
tags and/or provide social tagging capabilities to the patrons, then
give them the choice between using these capabilities or using our
conventional search capabilities. Then collect and analyze data,
compare and contrast, etc.
Allen
Received on Wed Feb 21 2007 - 16:27:03 EST