Instruction through Tagging

Tagging software allows user to attach descriptive words to an item, often a web page, book, or other goods. A folksonomy is the taxonomy created by the tags in a given software.

Picture from San Mateo PL's del.icio.us page

Good things about tagging:

• the wisdom of crowds
• user not librarian generated
• no rules - no controlled vocabulary

Examples of libraries using tagging:

• online Resources
• items in a catalog
• identifying resources for a specific class or topic (with the help of RSS, you can deliver it!)