The document discusses the integration of social networking tags in libraries to enhance traditional cataloging through user-generated content. It highlights the concept of folksonomy, the use of platforms like del.icio.us, LibraryThing, and Flickr for organizing and categorizing information. The paper emphasizes the collaborative nature of tagging and crowdsourcing, allowing patrons to contribute to library collections and improving accessibility.

1. Using Social Networking Tags in a Library Setting Keith Kisser July 9, 2008

2. Social Networking Tags User based classification Tags don’t replace traditional cataloging, they enhance it

3. Folksonomy “ The practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content.”* How people organize data on a personal level *From Wikipedia

4. Web 1.0 The Library as a point of access to the Internet

5. Web 2.0 The Internet as a point of access to the Library

6. Tags are part of the Web Keep track of your favorite sites and content across multiple platforms Users define their own needs and wants

7. 3 ways Tags can be used in a library: Del. icio .us LibraryThing Flickr

8. Organize websites and web content Self-generated categories Based on common subjects and categories

9. Bundles organize tags Tags

10. Del.icio.us in the library Useful for library staff Cross-platform research

11. Catalog your personal library Tags ranked by popularity Ratings and Reviews like Amazon.com

12. Users select the way they view content

13. LibraryThing Record

15. Tags display in Item Record LibraryThing in the OPAC

16. Organize, share and print your photos online Also uses tags Allows comments for individual photos Users create albums or collections

17. Comments allow for users to contribute information

18. Flickr and Crowdsourcing Crowdsourcing – “taking a task traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people, in the form of an open call.”* faculty, staff, students and the general public contribute additional information *From Wikipedia

20. Flickr as an extension of the library catalog Display exhibitions and special collections Expands access Add links in the OPAC

21. Not everyone is a cataloger — This is a good thing Tagging is familiar Patrons contribute to the collection Customizable

22. Tags in the Library Introduces the idea of the library catalog as a tool people already use, not something alien and weird that requires special powers

23. Works Cited Mercado, Andrea. LibraryTechtonics: Tagging on Flickr & del.icio.us. http://www. librarytechtonics .info/archives/2005/10/tagging_on_flic.html Fister, Barbara. Acrlog: LibraryThing for (Academic) Libraries. http://acrlog.org/2008/03/08/library-thing-for-academic-libraries/ Anon. LibraryThing for Libraries. http://www.librarything.com/forlibraries/ Rethlefsen, Melissa. Tags Help Make Libraries Del.icio.us - 9/15/2007 - Library Journal. Library Journal. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6476403.html Wenzler, John. 2007. LibraryThing and the Library Catalog: Adding Collective Intelligence to the OPAC. CARL NITIG, September 7. online.sfsu.edu/~jwenzler/research/LTFL.pdf West, Jessamyn. librarian.net : IL05 : 24oct05. http://www.librarian.net/talks/flickr/

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