Librarian in Black Blog – Sarah Houghton

Library Thing (one of the coolest things since sliced bread–see here for a description of it) has two blogs: the regular blog, and the Thing-ology blog, where they discuss "the philosophy and methods of tags, libraries and suchnot."  A recent entry discussed the relative benefits of subject headings vs. tagging.   It’s a great summary of the pros and cons of each and good reading for people who feel strongly about the superiority of either.  To me, each has its place and each has its merits.  I do think that by the time I am done with my career in librarianship (say, in 30 years), tagging will have largely replaced subject headings, whether librarians like it or not.