Tag - You're IT!
Ok. I really like tagging... I mean, really like it. It makes complete sense to me that a library would use it for searching. Most people use plain English (generally not the librarians, but most people) and when searching for something the patrons don't remember the author, or title, but (hopefully) they do remember general storylines for the books they are looking for.
Here is where tagging helps. If you can tag a book with descriptive words based on the story, you're golden. Suddenly your online catalog becomes ten times more powerful than ever before. I think every library should start tagging its collection for the online catalog, makes it that much easier to use.
Ok. I really like tagging... I mean, really like it. It makes complete sense to me that a library would use it for searching. Most people use plain English (generally not the librarians, but most people) and when searching for something the patrons don't remember the author, or title, but (hopefully) they do remember general storylines for the books they are looking for.
Here is where tagging helps. If you can tag a book with descriptive words based on the story, you're golden. Suddenly your online catalog becomes ten times more powerful than ever before. I think every library should start tagging its collection for the online catalog, makes it that much easier to use.
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