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A PowerPoint Presentation on Bookmarking and Tagging.
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Using Tagging and Bookmarking in Libraries
byBrenda Hostettler
Why Bookmark?
Easy retrieval of favorite URLs
Favorites tab is for private bookmarking
Del.icio.us is a popular site for social bookmarking
Social bookmarking shares favorite URLs with others
Why Tag?
Any URL can be tagged for easy retrieval
Tags are linked so others can have access
To share your favorites with other users
In LibraryThing, a tag acts like a keyword to jump to a specific topic
Who Tags?
Tags are created by the user
Tagging Benefits Allows users to add metadata to digital
content for easy access Helps categorize information Store and retrieval system helps
libraries serve patrons quicker Positive for libraries by incorporating
an interactive online system that responds to the user
Tagging Problems Misspelled words renders content
unusable Bad choice of words or definitions for
tags are not useful and create unnecessary noise
Words that have multiple meanings give incorrect results
Popular Bookmarking and Tagging Websites
Del.icio.us Del.irio.us Fuzzfizz Jumptags LibraryThing Linkroll SiteTagger.com