[Yulpub] WorldCat.org now offers personal tagging

[Lorimer, Suzanne]

>From today's OCLC Abstracts:

WorldCat tagging debuts<http://visit.oclc.org/t?r=896&c=1447472&l=30085&ctl=1E51FD3:73246A705041B99E159BF428EFB41AE75322110E03D1DAAD&>

You and your users can now keep track of your favorite items in WorldCat through tags—keywords that help you classify or describe an item. Tags are displayed in search results lists and may help you find similar items or organize items in a way that makes sense to you. You can add as many tags as you would like to an unlimited set of items. You can view and maintain all of your personalized tags from your WorldCat profile page. Plus, you can also browse items using the tags other people have contributed.



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To tag an item, you must log in to your WorldCat account or register to create an account. Tags are tied to individual WorldCat account profiles, and not the main WorldCat.org index—so these new tags will not interfere with “official” library cataloging of an item.



The new tagging feature is the first of a number of planned WorldCat.org enhancements related to tagging that will include keyword searching of tags. Stay tuned as even more tagging functionality and display options are incorporated into the service over the coming months.



Log in to WorldCat.org and start tagging! ››<http://visit.oclc.org/t?r=896&c=1447472&l=30085&ctl=1E51FD3:73246A705041B99E159BF428EFB41AE75322110E03D1DAAD&>


-Sue

Suzanne Lorimer
Coordinator of Research Services, Librarian for Reference
Yale University
P.O.Box 208240
New Haven, CT  06520
203-432-8731
suzanne.lorimer at yale.edu<mailto:suzanne.lorimer at yale.edu>