#7 Tagging and Del.icio.us

I love tagging. I think all library catalogues should have some form of tags as well as the more proper subject classification from professional cataloguers.

I have a Del.icio.us account. I use it for when I come across a link that would be useful. I also use it when I come across a link that may or may not be useful, but I don't have the time to look at it. One thing I dislike about Del.icio.us is that it only lets you have one word tags. You end up having to combine words which looks quite ugly (plus I imagine everyone will combine them in different ways).

I enjoyed seeing the different words people around the world have used to tag our library. These include:

• libraries
• podcasts
• events
• copying
• imaging
• forms
• photography
• databases
• reference
• research
• collection
• history

I highly recommend Anne B's Del.icio.us account. It is in my network and I view it every day. She finds all the best articles and information on libraries.

I have gone to the new federated search page and added some tags. I like the process of tagging- it really engages the mind about how best to describe something. It's great for those of us with inner cataloguers.