Cataloguing versus tagging.
Hi, made my wiki. I never knew the word came from Hawaiian, that's something I learnt today!
This is the webpage - http://blossomslibraryblog.wetpaint.com/.
I have chosen as a topic - Cataloguing versus tagging. I feel that tagging items online is the general public's version of cataloguing, and I am interested in how that will evolve over time. Will it become similar to cataloguing, after all, cataloguing is collaborative, as is tagging? Or will it stay as an informal thing, only to be used online?
I am interested in how similar, and how different, they are. We often talk about cataloguing is 'describing' something. Well, tagging is how a person 'describes' a photo they put online. Cataloguing is more organised, I grant you, but who's to say that tagging won't become more organised?
Interesting, I feel.
Carole
About Me
- Blossom
- A funny, but very long, story started me in libraries. I started as a volunteer, then went to TAFE and became a Library Technician. Got the study bug, and kept studying and ended up a librarian. Worked in local government and special libraries. I love helping people find what they need, I find it a noble profession. Personally, an imperfect perfectionist, if I can't do it perfectly, I don't want to do it at all! I think I'm hilarious, others probably don't! I've been told I'm easy-going, calm and restrained. Brought up to be polite in all situations. God, this is better than therapy! just kidding, there's that sense of humour again!
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