Tagging is in
You've probably already noticed the cool new tags that you see around WorldCat now. As of last week, we have over 3,000 tags. Which is not nearly as many as we hope to have- but we're off to a great start.
You can add as many tags, or personalized category descriptions, as you would like to an unlimited set of items. Once you're signed in, you can apply tags from the "Add to It" section or the Tags tab on an item's details page. View and maintain all your personalized tags from your WorldCat profile page. And yes, you can also browse other people's tags, too.
The new tagging feature is the first of a number of planned enhancements related to tagging that will include keyword searching of tags. Stay tuned as even more tagging functionality and display options are incorporated over the coming months.
On October 27, 2008 at 2:01 PM Graeme Williams said:
I may have imagined it, but I thought we users also had the ability to add notes to the details tab. Did it come and go?
Tags are great, but notes are also useful. For example, Dark Sleeper, by Jeffrey E. Barlough is the first book in the Western Lights series, information that isn't currently included in the information for the book. The web page for the series would also be useful.
On October 28, 2008 at 4:31 PM Bob Schulz
said:
This functionality was recently removed from the interface. The system supporting that functionality was prone to spam submittals and allowed users to change authorship and content of notes submitted by other users. We would like to return that functionality in the future under a system that better attaches the provided comments to a user's account, perhaps even culling comments from those attached to items on users' lists. I encourage you use the notes functionality with lists for now, and assure you that we are working on bringing this feature back in the future.
On November 3, 2008 at 12:56 PM Chitto said:
I like Tags very much, it helps us to create and manage information in a much organized manner with help of keywords. Glad to see that Worldcat.org has now added this great feature... Thanks!
On November 20, 2008 at 12:49 PM Terry said:
I don't think I'd still have my sanity in this digital life if it wasn't for the miracle of tags. By the way, this site exemplifies what the internet was meant to accomplish in manifesting meaninful exchange of global information. Thanks for a wonderful service and idea!