[Koha] Anyone using tag clouds?

[Nicole Engard]

I don't know if anyone is doing this, but I have had librarians
express an interest in being able to add tags using the Koha tagging
tools at the cataloging level.  They want this for 2 reasons.

1st - they have some non-authorized terms they want to apply to books
as the librarian and don't want to have to go in and add them via the
OPAC

2nd - they find that patrons aren't tagging much and figure that by
adding tags themselves it might jump start some interest - or at least
provide tags for people to browse via the tag cloud.

In both cases they're not talking about using the 690 - but the
tagging mechanism that is in Koha so that things show in the tags list
and the tag cloud.

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Nicole C. Engard
Open Source Evangelist, LibLime
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2009/5/7 Nelson Fredsell -CCE <nelson at cfce.org.za>:
> Hi everyone,
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> Is anyone using the tag / tag cloud feature for cataloguing purposes?  We’re
> considering the use of tags during the catalogue process, to allow use of
> additional subject/keyword material not part of MARC and Z39.50.
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> I’m aware that 690 would allow us to put in local Subject assignments,  and
> the cataloguer could enter the 690 AFTER a Z39.50 search.  The problem we
> have is that we think we’d like to enter 690 BEFORE the Z39.50 search.  I
> say BEFORE, because we’d map proprietary Subjects and Keywords during our
> initial migration from the legacy system, then slowly as we have time run
> z39.50 searches on all our records.
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> If  you’re happily using tags for cataloguing, I’d appreciate a link to your
> OPAC so that I could see what this actually looks like in Koha.
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> Thanks,
>
> Nelson
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