[WEB4LIB ] Library websites and folksonomies

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ROSS Singer. [WEB4LIB ] Library websites and folksonomies. In: WEB4LIB [on line]. April 4, 2005. Available at: <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/web4lib/2005-April/013235.html> (consulted on April 9, 2007)

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DC.Title : [WEB4LIB ] Library websites and folksonomies

DC.Creator : ROSS Singer

DC.Subject : Library website

DC.Description : Presents the project of a library to include folksonomic tagging into its website and the positive persperctive it offers.

DC.Publisher : WEB4LIB

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DC.Date : 2005-04-04

DC.Date.modified : 2005-05-18

DC.Type : Text

DC.Format : Text/html

DC.Identifier : http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/web4lib/2005-April/013235.html

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DC.Language : En

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Tags and subject headings in librarything

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WEBER, Jonathan. Tags and subject headings in librarything. Dystmesis [on line]. November 17, 2006 Available at: http://dystmesis.net/2006/11/17/tags-and-subject-headings/> (consulted on March 28, 2007)

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DC.Title : Tags and subject headings in librarything

DC.Creator : WEBER, Jonathan

DC.Subject : Controlled vocabulary, library website, tag

DC.Description.tableOfContents :

• Introduction
• Definitions
• Properties of folksonomy
• Folksonomy as uncontrolled vocabulary
• Folksonomy as social system
• The example of librarything
• Analysis
• Conclusions
• References

DC.Publisher : WEBER, Jonathan

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DC.Date : 2006-11-17

DC.Type : Text

DC.Format : Text/html

DC.Identifier : http://dystmesis.net/2006/11/17/tags-and-subject-headings/

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DC.Language : En

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DC.Rights : © 2005 Some rights reserved

The hive mind: folksonomies and user-based tagging

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KROSKY, Ellyssa. The hive mind: folksonomies and user-based tagging. Infotangle [on line]. July 12, 2005. Available at: <http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2005/12/> (consulted on March 28, 2007)

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DC Title : The hive mind: folksonomies and user-based tagging

DC Creator : KROSKY, Ellyssa

DC Subject : Folksonomy-based service, information organization, library website, taxonomy, user-based tagging

DC Description.tableOfContents :

• User-based tagging and folksonomies
• The wisdom of crowds
• Folksonomies are inclusive
• Folksonomies are current
• Folksonomies offer discovery
• Foksonomies are non-binary
• Folkonomies are democratic and self-moderating
• Folksonomies follow “desire lines”
• Folkonomies offer insight into user behavior
• Folksonomies engender community
• Folksonomies offer a low cost alternative
• Folksonomies offer usability
• Resistance is futile
• The hitch
• Folksonomies have no synonym control
• Folksonomies have a lack of precision
• Folksonomies lack hierarchy
• Folksonomies have a “basic level” problem
• Folksonomies have a lack of recall
• Folksonomies are susceptible to “gaming”
• Libraries that tag
• Summary
• References

DC Publisher : KROSKY, Ellyssa

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DC Date : 2005-07-12

DC Type : Text

DC Format : Text/html

DC Identifier : http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2005/12/

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DC Language : En

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