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The changing Web

Learning with e's

Delicious, Diigo), microblogs such as Twitter, mashups (e.g. has spawned concepts such as folksonomy, ‘Darwikianism’ and the ‘wisdom of the crowds’ (Kamel Boulos et al, 2006). Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 27, 65-67. Health Informatics and Libraries Journal, 24(1), 2-23. geotagging). and Purdon, M.

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Social Bookmarking: Your Favorites Really Want to be Free

Mike Taylor

Even if you’re not sure what tagging is, you’ve already seen it in action on sites like Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Diigo, and many others. Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines (i.e., Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines (i.e., Discovery & Following.