> David, How do you see Del.icio.us?
I see it as being kind of an odd-ball, actually, only
because it's implemented via a browser plugin, while I'm
hoping for design examples within a website itself.
BTW, Tim, after I sent the question to the list, I stumbled
across your blog post on tagging in Amazon and LibraryThing
[1]. Very interesting!
It's one of the few times I've seen someone in libraries
pointing out that HOW you implement a feature is just as
important as WHAT you implement -- which I think we need
more of, frankly, since there's a lot of hype and
unfortunately now I think a bit of buzzword compliance
surrounding Web 2.0 in libraries.
--Dave
[1] http://www.librarything.com
/thingology/2007/02/when-tags-works-and-when-they-dont.php
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David Walker
Library Web Services Manager
California State University
http://xerxes.calstate.edu
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From: web4lib-bounces webjunction.org on behalf of Tim Spalding
Sent: Mon 3/24/2008 11:13 AM
To: Roy Tennant
Cc: web4lib
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Lists versus Tags design idiom
I think that qualifies as a library site. Maybe either you
or he meant
the opposite?
I think it's an open question whether in-library tagging can
be made
to work. I don't see PennTags as proving that at all. Most
of the
benefits of tagging require and all of the problems are much
reduced
by pure scale, and PennTags has never achieved that. I
wonder if
lists-less powerful but more readily understood by
many-might be
better.
Roy, how have lists on WorldCat gone? I haven't seen much
mention of
them since they debuted.
David, How do you see Del.icio.us? That seems like search,
save and
tag to me. It's not all on one contained service, of
course.
Tim
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Roy Tennant
<tennantroclc.org> wrote:
> Sure thing, PennTags:
>
> http://tags.library.up
enn.edu/
>
> Roy
>
>
>
>
> On 3/24/08 10:15 AM, "Walker, David"
<dwalkercalstate.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hey All,
> >
> > I have a metasearch application [1] with a 'save
record' feature. Right now,
> > I'm working on giving our users a mechanism to
organize those saved records.
> >
> > I'm leaning towards using a tagging idiom in the
interface [2], but have some
> > lingering doubts. I've noticed, for example, that
tagging is most often
> > implemented for sites in which the user
*generates* the content (e.g., blogs,
> > flickr). While sites that allow you to search
and save records usually employ
> > a list metaphor (e.g., amazon [3], istockphoto).
> >
> > Anyone have a good example of a (non-library)
site that allows you to search
> > and save things, and then *tag* them?
> >
> > --Dave
> >
> > [1] http://xerxes.calstate.edu
<http://xerxes.calstate
.edu>
> > [2] mock-up:
http://walkertr.csusm.edu/download/saved-records.jpg
> > <http://walkertr.csusm.edu/download/saved-records.jpg>
> > [3] Amazon apparently has a tagging mechanism,
too, but it's rather (to me)
> > obscurely implemented.
> >
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> > Library Web Services Manager
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