Re: [CODE4LIB] VS: SV: Re: [CODE4LIB] tagging

2006-03-09 Thread Edward Summers
On Mar 9, 2006, at 10:44 AM, Magnus Enger wrote: But rather than despairing over what we can't do with this content, maybe we could come up with some creative uses for the increasing amounts of Open Access materials available in OA journals and repositories? I like the sound of that. Do you ha

Re: [CODE4LIB] tagging

2006-03-09 Thread Tim Donohue
For any EPrints users out there, there's an AJAX Tagging Tool for EPrints which interfaces with Connotea and Del.icio.us: http://www.connotea.org/taggingtool I've never used it. But, it's worth a look. Tim -- Tim Donohue Research Programmer, Illinois D

Re: [CODE4LIB] tagging

2006-03-09 Thread Chris Deweese
Hi Johnathan, I am currently using tagging here: http://www.lcls.org/tags/ We have a "news"/blog system we use to publish content (custom built). I added tagging to it as a test. So far the staff like it. We are now organizing a lot of our documents using tags. I plan on using tagging more of

[CODE4LIB] JOBS: 2 positions at CDL

2006-03-09 Thread Roy Tennant
Begin forwarded message: From: Patricia Cruse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: March 9, 2006 9:22:54 AM PST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: two preservation positions... Reply-To: Patricia Cruse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Colleagues, There are two new CDL jobs posted this week at: http:// jobs.ucop.edu/iASE_E

[CODE4LIB] System Librarian job opening at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

2006-03-09 Thread Brenner, Ellen
Systems Librarian, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY Description: The Library Systems Administrator provides leadership in the creation, implementation and assessment of digital library/archives projects and programs, and assists with the de

Re: [CODE4LIB] SV: Re: [CODE4LIB] tagging

2006-03-09 Thread Colleen Whitney
Magnus Enger wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09.03.2006 00:05 >>> On 3/8/06, Ian Nebe Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ed's point about the tags being tied to the submitting user so that obvious troublemakers can be blocked is a good one - one that should have occurred to me, but that's why we'

[CODE4LIB] VS: SV: Re: [CODE4LIB] tagging

2006-03-09 Thread Magnus Enger
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09.03.2006 00:05 >>> > On 3/8/06, Ian Nebe Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Ed's point about the tags being tied to the submitting user so that > > obvious troublemakers can be blocked is a good one - one that should have > > occurred to me, but that's why we'r

[CODE4LIB] SV: Re: [CODE4LIB] tagging

2006-03-09 Thread Magnus Enger
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09.03.2006 00:05 >>> > On 3/8/06, Ian Nebe Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Ed's point about the tags being tied to the submitting user so that > > obvious troublemakers can be blocked is a good one - one that should have > > occurred to me, but that's why we'r

Re: [CODE4LIB] tagging

2006-03-09 Thread Chris Deweese
I think tagging in catalogs would help "browsability". A lot of the catalogs I see are browsable, but unless you know the terminology (aka subject headings) it can be difficult to find stuff without doing a search. Tagging gives us a user created vocabulary that does a few things: 1) It gives the

Re: [CODE4LIB] tagging

2006-03-09 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
On Mar 8, 2006, at 2:29 PM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: I'm wondering, to what degree does this group here think tagging would be beneficial in Library Land? For example, we could allow tagging to be done against items in a library catalog or against a personalized collection of Internet resources.