personal catalog that can be shared with others
Some papers on ontologies, folksonomies, and social bookmarking
Folksonomies and social tagging are an often cited example of Web 2.0, but what are they actually? How does social bookmarking differ from conventional bookmarks and what do folksonomies constitute of?
Tagging, folksonomy, distributed classification, ethnoclassification—however it is labelled, the concept of users creating and aggregating their own metadata is gaining ground on the internet. This literature review briefly defines the topic at hand, looking at current implementations and summarizing key advantages and disadvantages of distributed classification systems with reference to prominent folksonomy commentators.
AquaBrowser Library® is a revolutionary library search tool and
interface developed specifically for the library user to gather the most
valuable information in the easiest manner.
C&RL News, February 2007 Vol. 68, No. 2: Suppose you are starting to research a current topic—wikis in the library or new developments in electronic resources management, perhaps. You have some current books on the subject and have printed a few articles off the library databases. But much of the most current information is on the Internet, in blogs and news articles, or maybe on the sites of libr
This is an extensive post, revealing the results of a statistical comparison between Amazon and LibraryThing tags, and exploring why tagging has turned out relatively poorly for Amazon. I end by making concrete recommendations for ecommerce sites interested in making tagging work.
Comparing social tagging and subject cataloguing; this paper identifies the points of similarity and difference that obtain between these two kinds of information organization frameworks. The subsequent comparative analysis of the parts of these frameworks points to the nature of indexing as an authored, personal, situational, and referential
act, where differences in discursive placement divide..
By: Gordon-Murnane, Laura, Searcher, 10704795, Jun2006, Vol. 14, Issue 6
Database: Academic Search Premier
Neat blog that the UPenn librarians maintain to discuss their emerging technology integrations.
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personal catalog that can be shared with others
Some papers on ontologies, folksonomies, and social bookmarking
AquaBrowser Library® is a revolutionary library search tool and interface developed specifically for the library user to gather the most valuable information in the easiest manner.
C&RL News, February 2007 Vol. 68, No. 2: Suppose you are starting to research a current topic—wikis in the library or new developments in electronic resources management, perhaps. You have some current books on the subject and have printed a few articles off the library databases. But much of the most current information is on the Internet, in blogs and news articles, or maybe on the sites of libr
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