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color=#0000ff size=2>Brooke,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>The University of Pennsylvania is using tags in their
library. I think the Ann Arbor Library District is also. It is not
unknown.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=306214917-22032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Freetag adds tagging to a MySQL database, same thing Koha
uses. Should be able to use that as a starting place.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.getluky.net/2005/04/16/freetag-an-open-source-tagging-folksonomy-module-for-phpmysql-applications/">http://www.getluky.net/2005/04/16/freetag-an-open-source-tagging-folksonomy-module-for-phpmysql-applications/</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=306214917-22032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Personally, I'm not conviced of the usefullness of tagging
in a small system. Tags work best when lots of folks tag lots of things. Maybe
as a personal management system for folks it could be useful. If they tagged
something an item toread_dpb, it could be useful for them if not a larger
group.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Rating an item is a different tool. Recommendations could
also be useful but another tool. Trackbacks might be interesting, ping the
library copy when discussing a book. Maybe trackbacks would work best for Open
WorldCat rather than a local library. Again, a few pings scattered about the
catalog would not be very useful.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=306214917-22032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Sincerely,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=306214917-22032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>David Bigwood</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz
[mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] <B>On Behalf Of </B>BWS
Johnson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:05 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Koha] feature
suggestions<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Salvete!<BR><BR>I try not to ask for stuff as I can't pay folks, but
I'd love to see this. I'm not sure how feasible it would be, but I'll throw it
out there anyway, because it could be something that would give Koha a leg up on
a whole bunch of other products. I'm also not sure whether I blurted this out
sometime in the past, or whether it's something that I've just been mulling over
a long time, so I apologise if this is a dupe.<BR><BR>If the traditional subject
searching gets ironed out, I would love to see tag clouds implemented. How cool
would it be to have patrons tag stuff and then be able to do an advanced or
separate search on tag clouds to find related items? I don't think I've seen
anything like this in any catalogue. People could also rate a given item like on
digg.<BR><BR>Does anyone know of folks using Koha on a consortial basis? I know
that Stephen has different branches set up in Nelsonville so that a patron can
find an item based on location. I also figure that folks could assign different
usernames and passwords to different members of a consortium for cataloguing
purposes. Is there a way to mess with the templates to reflect a different look
for different libraries within a consortium? Is there a way to make Koha default
to a given branch or library from within that site? I also noticed when I was
spying on Stephen's catalogue that he owns Bleak House at the Athens branch. BUT
if I title search on that at a different location, Koha doesn't yell at me that
the material isn't at my branch, but is at another one in the
system.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>Brooke @ Hinsdale MA </BODY></HTML>