Comments on: Browsing bits http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2006/08/browsing_bits.html a library weblog by Steve Lawson Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:57:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laura http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2006/08/browsing_bits.html/comment-page-1#comment-329 Laura Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:50:42 +0000 http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2006/08/browsing_bits.html#comment-329 I'm always trying to convince people how much fun (or how useful) it is to browse by subject headings in catalogs or descriptors in databases, both of which are often linked nowadays. I never get very far with this, probably because such meandering is the kind of thing that is fun only if you are a librarian, or someone on the road to becoming one, even if you don't know it yet. I'd like to think that as tagging becomes more popular, people will start to think, "Oh, those subject headings are just like tags, only with funny names!"--but that may be wishful thinking. I’m always trying to convince people how much fun (or how useful) it is to browse by subject headings in catalogs or descriptors in databases, both of which are often linked nowadays. I never get very far with this, probably because such meandering is the kind of thing that is fun only if you are a librarian, or someone on the road to becoming one, even if you don’t know it yet.

I’d like to think that as tagging becomes more popular, people will start to think, “Oh, those subject headings are just like tags, only with funny names!”–but that may be wishful thinking.

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