KASL 2009 Links and Resources

Tagging is often controversial among librarians, largely because adding keywords to resources lacks authority control.

For example, school and academic librarians create tags specific to particular classes.

patrons—especially students—can contribute link suggestions.

For each link in del.icio.us, users can track who else bookmarked that link and how they tagged it

Springshare, a company owned by Slaven Zivkovic and billing itself as providing “practical, easy-to-use Web 2.0 tools for libraries and educational institutions,” has developed a new library-oriented social bookmarking application called LibMarks. Though not as developed as Springshare's other Library 2.0 offering, LibGuides, LibMarks is a Digg-like tool that lets users bookmark, rate, and tag web sites. Libraries interested in experimenting with a local social bookmarking tool but without the staff to design one afresh or install an open source option like Scuttle might look to LibMarks.