Hi, Galen-- If you consider a couple of years a long time, then we've been using the tags for a long time!:) We've had the feature turned on since we went live on Koha: http://keys.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-tags.pl We do moderate the tags. We haven't had anyone try to add any inappropriate tags, but we have caught tags that were misspelled, or very similar to tags already assigned, so we rejected those and then added a correctly spelled tag or the tag already in use. We find the tags very useful for accessing something very particular about the title that wouldn't be brought out by subject headings or other access points. E.g., we've had some interest in dandyfunk, so we were able to add the tag "dandyfunk" to every item that either discussed it or had a recipe for it that we found. We use Library of Congress subject headings, and "dandyfunk" is too specific a term for there to be an LC subject heading for that, so this is a useful way to access titles by such a very specific term particular to our discipline (maritime history). (Likewise, the tag "crackerhash.") Most of the tags fall into this category--a term too specific for LCSH, and/or too small a percentage of the title to qualify for a subject heading. Tags for awards have also proven useful and popular, e.g., "nobel" and "pulitzer." We don't normally mention awards in the records, simply because we haven't the staff time--adding a tag is a lot easier for providing this access than formulating a correctly worded note & editing the bib record, and seems to provide good enough access for the awards of interest. I hope this is helpful! Please let me know if you have any other questions. Cheerio! heather ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heather Hernandez Technical Services Librarian San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center heather_hernandez@nps.gov 415-561-7032 (voice) 415-556-3540 (fax) http://www.nps.gov/safr/historyculture/museum-collections.htm "The sailor does not pray for wind, he learns to sail."--Gustaf Lindborg

Galen, We have the tagging turned on for our consortium of 50 libraries. We have the moderation turned on and there is at least one staff member at each library that has the ability to moderate tags. What we find is that nobody adds tags. Not patrons, not staff, not no one. The same is true for comments. Nobody even seems to know they exist. George -----Original Message----- From: Galen Charlton [mailto:gmc@esilibrary.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 12:15 PM To: Koha-List Subject: [Koha] User tagging Hi, Following up on a discussion I had with some folks on Twitter, I'm curious about the use of the user tagging feature in Koha. Specifically, if you're a library that has enabled the user tagging feature, particularly if you've done so for a long time, do you also use the tag moderation feature? Are the tags adding to the usability of your catalog? Why or why not? Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Manager of Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: gmc@esilibrary.com direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org