What Will I Learn?
1. Understand what tagging is all about
2. What is LibraryThing
3. Experiment and have fun!
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What is tagging all about?
Tagging is an open and informal method of categorizing that allows users to associate keywords with online content (webpages, pictures & posts). Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines (e.g. National Library of Medicine Classification Scheme), tagging is completely unstructured and freeform, allowing users to create connections between data anyway they want.
Here is the Wikipedia definition for Tagging.
Tagging is an integral part of Learning 2.0, Web 2.0 and Libraries 2.0. Tagging allows you and the reader to describe, summarize and link by subject what is written and read in blogs and websites.
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What is LibraryThing?
Whether you are a librarian, publisher, bookseller or just a lover of reading, LibraryThing allows you to catalogue your own titles. LibraryThing already has thousands of books already listed and in most cases, adding a book to your personal catalogue is as simple as adding the ISBN, or the title and author.
LibraryThing also allows you to share your book collection with others and get book recommendations from other people with similar tastes. It doesn’t make a difference if you have a large collection of books or just a handful of books. Additionally LibraryThing is not just limited to best sellers or new releases. You can find interesting books you may never have otherwise picked up.
A lot of Librarys have incorporated libraryThing for different services have a look at a few of the links below:
LTFL:Libraries using LibraryThing for Libraries
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What Do I Need to Do?
1. Take a look arround LibraryThing and create and account
2. Add a few book titles to your Library
3. Add tags to the books that you added to your library.
4. Blog about your experiences and make sure you link to your LibraryThing catalog!
4. Add tags to at least one of the 23 Things found in this Learning 2.0 website.
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