Using/analysing search terms sound great! Who does this in your
organisation and with which product?
Esther
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> Esther (playing devil's advocate)
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> I must in league with the
> devil then!
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> We use locally controlled
> subject authorities which is maintained with the relevant subject
> librarians and also by examining search terms used in the catalogue.
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>
> In specific subject areas this can be very useful in
> aligning resources with users view of the world, areas such as nursing
> where there are professional structures/jargon constantly changing
> particularly benefit from this (I think we’ve changed the
> terminology for district nurses 3 times!), or fast moving subjects such
> as computing/creative industries.
>
> So not quite tagging, but
> a vote for paying attention to our users language and search/retrieval
> strategies. Incidentally, I believe a very popular Reading List software
> also uses tagging – are cataloguers involved in monitoring that?
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>
> Lynn
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> Obviously, I'm all for controlled vocabularies but it could be argued
> that with enough critical mass the most common, widely used terms will
> persist. Quite like the not professionally controlled way (at least not
> in the traditional sense) Wikipedia keeps it standards. And we
> professionals might learn how our users would like to call things...
>
> Esther (playing devil's advocate)
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> I'm beginning to think we should put our department
> cataloguing manual into a wiki - its currently just in word format and
> needs overhauling anyway. It would be good to be able to add all those
> extra bits that come up throughout the year into one place.
>
> Re social tagging in catalogues - we are just implementing Primo (NOT my
> favourite thing, but never mind), I think there is a facility in it to
> allow users to tag books etc. I must admit I have my concerns about
> what kinds of tags will be used, lack of consistency, etc. Our records
> already have subject headings on them using controlled vocabularies, do
> they really need random tags? Or am I just being an old-fashioned fuddy
> duddy? Do students want to embrace their own tags and ignore our
> headings?
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> Karen
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> Dr Karen F. Pierce
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> Yes, I was wondering if a small team would really need a wiki but with so
> much detailed knowledge that none of us learned in library school (or
> somewhere else) and that isn't in some edition (print or web) of AACR,
> Dewey etc. I expect to find it useful - esp. for that things that only
> come round once a year.
>
> On the topic of social tagging in catalogues: apart from the need for
> critical mass there's also the question whether to moderate these things
> or maybe a weighted way of ratings e.g. give staff or lecturers or
> leaders/members of a reading group more weights. After all we're
> information curators not just aggregators.
>
> Esther
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> Von: Tabitha Driver <[log in to unmask]>
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> Good morning from someone else who silently enjoyed
> yesterday's discussion and helpful summary.
>
> Benefits of a wiki format for manuals etc seem great. We don't use them
> at my library, because of the small number of staff, but for a larger
> organisation, the collaborative character of a wiki, combined with
> version control would be ideal. You'd still need editorial control though
> - which is what concerns me about social tagging in smallish catalogues
> (not much abt that yesterday?).
> Tabitha Driver
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