[Web4lib] folksonomics and tagging?

[J. Trant]

Catherine,

For a good introduction, try

Social Bookmarking Tools (I): A General Review
Tony Hammond, Timo Hannay, Ben Lund, and Joanna Scott
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april05/hammond/04hammond.html

and their case study of

Social Bookmarking Tools (II): A Case Study - Connotea
  Ben Lund, Tony Hammond, Martin Flack and Timo Hannay
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april05/lund/04lund.html


Our recent article explores possibilities in the Museum world:

Social Terminology Enhancement through Vernacular Engagement: 
Exploring Collaborative Annotation to Encourage Interaction with 
Museum Collections
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september05/bearman/09bearman.html
David Bearman and Jennifer Trant


Enjoy!

jennifer


At 10:10 AM -0500 10/21/05, Catherine Lemmer wrote:
>I heard Stephen Abram, past president of the Candian Library Association, and
>current VP of Innovations at SirsiDynix speak at the Illinois 
>Library Association
>Conference last week.  Despite feeling like I was walking into a 
>wind tunnel (ie, way
>behind the times), I felt truly inspired to be in our profession. 
>Anyway, he mentioned
>folksonomies and tagging.  Can someone offer a brief explanation of 
>these?  His
>powerpoint presentation is available on the Alliance Library System 
>(Peoria, IL) site. 
>www.alliancelibrarysystem.com 
>
>
>Catherine A. Lemmer
>Head of Reference
>Galesburg Public Library
>40 E. Simmons Street
>Galesburg, IL  61401
>Phone 309.343.6118
>Fax 309.343.4877
>catherinel at galesburglibrary.org
>
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