[Koha] tagging in koha

G. Laws glawson at rhcl.org
Wed May 25 09:03:14 NZST 2011


When you have moderation turned on a staff person has to review and
approve/reject the tags, so that's one place they are visible from the
staff interface.

That's also one of the features we want to improve. Right now there is
no mechanism for editing the tags that someone posts. We want to have
them editable to remove, as one example, profanity from an otherwise
acceptable tag string, or to correct good, but <gregariously>
misspelled, tags.

If you go to the OPAC tag cloud, of course, you can see the tags listed
and select a tag to see what it's been applied to, but that's not really
like a search term.

Greg
================

On 05/24/2011 03:41 PM, Caitlin McGurk wrote:
> Seems like that could be the best option, Greg. Though generally I
> equate tags with keywords and would think they should be searchable
> one in the same. 
>
> Is the only way to see tags when you're logged in as a patron, and
> looking at your own list?
> Also, reiterating what I asked before- has anyone tried the
> LibraryThing for Libraries tagging option? That might be the best way
> to go, though it does have a price.
>
> CM
>
> 2011/5/24 G. Laws <glawson at rhcl.org <mailto:glawson at rhcl.org>>
>
>     Maybe a tag should be a keyword search option in advanced search?
>
>     Greg
>     -----------------------------
>
>
>     On 05/24/2011 03:28 PM, G. Laws wrote:
>>     We are considering, to be a bit more specific, funding
>>     improvements to the tagging feature, and would happily welcome
>>     participative assistance in this regard with any interested
>>     parties. If you are interested we can discuss it with ByWater
>>     Solutions, with which we have been talking about enhancements, or
>>     via direct email.
>>
>>
>>     Greg
>>
>>     --------------------------------
>>
>>
>>     On 05/24/2011 03:08 PM, Caitlin McGurk wrote:
>>>     Interesting- fixed the OPAC configuration, so thanks for that.
>>>
>>>     I'm also finding that although you can tag an item, you still
>>>     can't search for that tag and get any results. Seems silly to me
>>>     that tagging would be worth anything in Koha at all if that's
>>>     the case. Maybe I'm just not understanding the feature, but I
>>>     would think that implementing tags *should* be there to make
>>>     searching more robust.
>>>
>>>     Has anyone had much luck with the LibraryThing for Libraries
>>>     function? My institution is thinking about getting it to fix
>>>     this tagging issue. If anyone is currently using it, I'd be
>>>     curious to know whether or not it allows you to find the tags in
>>>     a catalog search. 
>>>
>>>     Caitlin M
>>>
>>>     2011/5/24 G. Laws <glawson at rhcl.org <mailto:glawson at rhcl.org>>
>>>
>>>         I don't think you can tag from the staff interface. We've
>>>         talked about doing some tagging enhancements; so maybe this
>>>         will be a good discussion topic.
>>>
>>>         However, you clearly have a separate problem with tagging
>>>         from the OPAC that needs to be resolved. You have to enable
>>>         tagging in the staff interface. In the OPAC configuration
>>>         there are several settings, like tagsenabled and
>>>         tagsmoderated, etc. Check those.
>>>
>>>         Of interest, however, I now see that the text for
>>>         tagsenabled says it enables both patrons and staff to tag,
>>>         so I don't know what's with that.
>>>
>>>         -- 
>>>
>>>         Greg Lawson
>>>         Rolling Hills Consolidated Library
>>>         1912 N. Belt Highway
>>>         St. Joseph, MO 64506
>>>         816-232-5479 x2303 <tel:816-232-5479%20x2303>
>>>
>>>         -----------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         On 05/24/2011 01:48 PM, Caitlin McGurk wrote:
>>>>         Hey all,
>>>>
>>>>         How does Tagging work in Koha? Can it be done through the
>>>>         administrative end? I can't find a section for it, other
>>>>         than from the patron side. When I try to add tags to
>>>>         certain books as a patron, they do not save and the item
>>>>         does not appear when a search is done for that tag after.
>>>>
>>>>         Suggestions?
>>>>
>>>>         CM
>>>>
>>>>         -- 
>>>>         Caitlin McGurk
>>>>         /Librarian
>>>>         The Schulz Library
>>>>         The Center for Cartoon Studies <http://www.cartoonstudies.org>
>>>>         McGurk at cartoonstudies.org <mailto:McGurk at cartoonstudies.org>/
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>>>     -- 
>>>     Caitlin McGurk
>>>     /Librarian
>>>     The Schulz Library
>>>     The Center for Cartoon Studies <http://www.cartoonstudies.org>
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-- 

Greg Lawson
Rolling Hills Consolidated Library
1912 N. Belt Highway
St. Joseph, MO 64506
816-232-5479 x2303

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