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School of library, archival and information studies-University of British Columbia (SLAIS-UBC). Introduction to folksonomies [on line]. Available at: <http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/05-06-wt1/www/a_ens/intro.htm> (consulted on April 8, 2007)
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DC Title : Introduction to folksonomies
DC Creator : School of library, archival and information studies-University of British Columbia (SLAIS-UBC)
DC Subject : Broad folksonomy, folksonomy-based service, information organization, library classification, narrow folksonomy, user-controlled classification
DC Description.tableOfContents :
- Introduction to folksonomies
- What are folksonomies?
- Definition
- Synonyms and the terminology debate
- A short history of folksonomy
- What proponents love about folksonomies
- Personal benefit, flexible language, feedback
- Serendipitous browsing
- Inexpensiveness
- What detractors hate
- Usability
- Cost
- Lack of ethical forethought
- Flickr: a tool for the individual
- Del.icio.us: a tool for the many
- Tagging is not library classification: and it is not intended to be
- Physical (un)constraints
- Clairvoyance
- Demographics
- Fun with folksonomies
- Tag clouds
- Geotagging
- Graphing tag use
- Misleading tags
- The future
- The dystopians
- The utopians
- Conclusion
- References
DC Publisher : School of library, archival and information studies-University of British Columbia (SLAIS-UBC)
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DC Date.modified : 2005-11-19
DC Type : Text
DC Format : Text/html
DC Identifier : http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/05-06-wt1/www/a_ens/intro.htm
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DC Language : En
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