The idea of tagging can be a bit unnerving at first - everyone picking their own subject headings. Yikes! And viewing tags on del.icio.us can make your eyes go a bit buggy (nasty format); but then you come across a site where tags are nicely utilized and you say "Aha!" The tag clouds are very eye catching. They tend to draw you in and make you want to click on one of those tags. I think they might especiialy draw in the YA's. Tags might also be useful if you had a ready reference section to your library's webpage. Patrons could quickly connect with online resources that cover their subject headings of interest; and they would know that they were getting credible websites which were hand-picked by their trusted librarian.
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Hi Amy,
Yes, tagging can be a bit scary at first - but then you grow to love how they can be used in so many applications. Good observation about drawing in the teens - they're already using these technologies and we should be able to use them to.
Keep on playing!
Jean
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