Library Cataloging
Beneath the Metadata: Some Philosophical Problems with Folksonomy by Elaine Peterson appears in the latest D-Lib Magazine.
Folksonomy
- Tagging, Folksonomy
A couple of papers by Jennifer Trant on tagging and folksonomy are available. Studying Social Tagging and Folksonomy: A Review and Framework. Journal of Digital Information 10(1).This paper reviews research into social tagging and folksonomy (as reflected...
- Clustering Tags
Simpson, Edwin has published HP technical report HPL-2007-190 Clustering Tags in Enterprise and Web FolksonomiesRecently there has been massive growth in the use of tags as a simple, flexible way to categorize resources. Tags are often used collaboratively...
- Structure And Form Of Folksonomy Tags
Structure and form of folksonomy tags: The road to the public library catalogue by Louise Spiteri appears in Webology 4(2).Folksonomies have the potential to add much value to public library catalogues by enabling clients to: store, maintain, and organize...
- Collaborative Tagging Systems
Patterns and Inconsistencies in Collaborative Tagging Systems : An Examination of Tagging Practices by Margaret E. I. Kipp and D. Grant Campbell appears in Proceedings Annual General Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology,...
- Tagging
I recently finished listening to a podcast about tagging by Talis. Some very good points, well worth listening to.However, I think they did not see beyond the social aspects of tagging. It is true that there has to be a certain mass of tags for them to...
Library Cataloging
Metadata Paper
Beneath the Metadata: Some Philosophical Problems with Folksonomy by Elaine Peterson appears in the latest D-Lib Magazine.
A traditional classification scheme based on Aristotelian categories yields search results that are more exact. Traditional cataloging can be more time consuming, and is by definition more limiting, but it does result in consistency within its scheme. Folksonomy allows for disparate opinions and the display of multicultural views; however, in the networked world of information retrieval, a display of all views can also lead to a breakdown of the system.Takes an either-or position. Why not both? Also, seems to make too much about incorrect tagging. If the mass of tags is large enough one incorrect among 1000 correct tags will just get buried. This is only a problem when there is a group effort to supply the bad tag or there are only a small number of tags. There is also the aspect of access for one person or a small group that tagging supplies. The reading list for a class tagged LIS2600 is not much use to most folks but could be very useful to those in the class. Is tagging a replacement for subject analysis? No. Does it provide some access that traditional cataloging misses? Yes. Play around with Library Thing, tags there compliment the LCSH that also exist.
Folksonomy
- Tagging, Folksonomy
A couple of papers by Jennifer Trant on tagging and folksonomy are available. Studying Social Tagging and Folksonomy: A Review and Framework. Journal of Digital Information 10(1).This paper reviews research into social tagging and folksonomy (as reflected...
- Clustering Tags
Simpson, Edwin has published HP technical report HPL-2007-190 Clustering Tags in Enterprise and Web FolksonomiesRecently there has been massive growth in the use of tags as a simple, flexible way to categorize resources. Tags are often used collaboratively...
- Structure And Form Of Folksonomy Tags
Structure and form of folksonomy tags: The road to the public library catalogue by Louise Spiteri appears in Webology 4(2).Folksonomies have the potential to add much value to public library catalogues by enabling clients to: store, maintain, and organize...
- Collaborative Tagging Systems
Patterns and Inconsistencies in Collaborative Tagging Systems : An Examination of Tagging Practices by Margaret E. I. Kipp and D. Grant Campbell appears in Proceedings Annual General Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology,...
- Tagging
I recently finished listening to a podcast about tagging by Talis. Some very good points, well worth listening to.However, I think they did not see beyond the social aspects of tagging. It is true that there has to be a certain mass of tags for them to...