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Top 10 Things to Consider When Tagging Your Content

• Choose a tag that describes what the resource is about.

• Use everyday, informal language.

• Avoid opinion tags (use the comments and ratings features instead) and personal intention tags (for example, "to read").

• Use nouns; keep adjectives and adverbs to a minimum

                  Example:          silence NOT silent

• Use singular form for abstract concepts, plural form for 'count nouns'

Example:          technology NOT technologies

                                          books NOT book

• Use lowercase unless proper name

Example:          Library of Congress

Libraries

• Use correct spelling.

• Avoid numbers.

• Avoid long tags (2 or 3 words maximum).

• Use underscore (not space or dash) to separate compound terms.

Example:          collection_development NOT collection-development.

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