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