Week 6 : Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati

I hope you enjoyed playing around with online image generators last week.
This week you will discover Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati

#13 Tagging and del.icio.us
Listen to the pocast and exercises about tagging and discover a Del.icio.us (a social bookmaking site)

Tagging - is an open and informal method of categorizing that allows users to associate keywords with online content (webpages, pictures & posts).
Unlike library cataloging, tagging is completely unstructured and freeform, allowing users to create connections between data anyway they want.

Del.icio.us - is a social bookmarking manager which allows you to bookmark a web page and add tags to categorize your bookmarks.


#14 Technorati

Listen to the podcast and explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.

This week's exercises include watching an Otter Group video, but the link to their blog indicates that the blog is out of action.
Another alternative to this video is a short presentation found at the following site
http://www.ottergroup.com/blog/_archives/2006/10/9/2401289.html


#15 Web 2.0 and the future of libraries

Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts.

Remember....the 23 things is all about learning through PLAY!!!!
Enjoy....