Cataloging practices have evolved from strictly controlled subject headings and classification schemes to incorporate user-generated tags and folksonomies to make information more accessible and useful to a wider range of users. While traditional practices ensured consistency, new approaches utilize the collective knowledge of users but require librarians to facilitate organization and deal with ambiguity. Emerging standards aim to blend controlled vocabularies with flexible tagging to support discovery for all.

1. Presented by:
Lydia Green Claude Rochon
Colleen E. Smith Daphney Johnson
CATALOGING:
YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND
TOMORROW

2. Yesterday

3. Bookstore
Library

4. BISAC

7. User Tags

11. Folksonomies

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