Social Bookmarking

Is this the new kind of cataloguing?

Recommending tags

Another form of controlled subject headings

• For conferences to share pictures from an event
  • Northern Voice
• For classes to share recommended websites among class members
• For librarians within a particular community, working at difference libraries, to share recommended websites
• For research professionals and subject specialists to recommend online resources to libraries and library patrons

Subject tagging for journals

Yukon College Library's Library Journals List (LjL)

• Main introductory page with instructions
  • Direct link:  http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CJDB/YCLIB/browse
  • Replaces the old system of multiple binders holding printed lists holdings from each database and an MS Excel spreadsheet of printed journal collection provided by the Serials Technician.
• Uses the open source software CJDB software from SFU
• Allows library patrons to create an account and tag journals
• Used by subject specialists, particularly Instructors, in specific areas to create their own collection of recommended journals not already provided by the software through the hierarchical listing by subject. 

Cataloguing Personal Book Collections

Please see the relevant section under Customized Searching.

Further Reading

Barsky, Eugene, Purdon, Michelle. (2006). Introducing Web 2.0: Social Networking and Social Bookmarking for Health Librarians. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association.  27(3): 65 - 67. Available online at: http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/jchla/jchla27/c06-024.pdf.

Taylor, Dave, et al. (2005). Interview With Experts: What's So Cool About Del.icio.us? The Intuitive Life Business Blog. 28 November 2005: http://www.intuitive.com/blog/interview_with_experts_whats_so_cool_about_delicious.html.