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Folksonomiesin Libraries
Mia Bruner, Kristen Droesch & Rachel Richardson LIS 653-01, Fall 2016
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Research Question
What are the opportunities and limitations of folksonomies in libraries and how do they compare to those of conventional cataloguing?
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What is a folksonomy?A user-created bottom-up categorical structure
development with an emergent thesaurus
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By You
The result of personal free tagging of information and objects (anything with a URL) for one's own retrieval.
Collective
Developed in a social environment.
Non-hierarchal
A folksonomy is created from the act of tagging by the person consuming the information.
Vander Wal’s Three Rules
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Folksonomies as Concept
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Problems with conventional classification systems
The ultimate weakness of ontologies in library catalogus is that they recreate the structured, hierarchical categorization so often forced onto us by our physical systems.
Classification fails to allow more than one place for an item
It relies on second-hand knowledge gained from cognitive authori
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Messiness, however, is also the strength of folksonomies,
especially if the messiness can be controlled and represent a
plurality of viewpoints.
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Folksonomies in Action
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Folksonomies in museums
steve.museum project
A collaborative, grant-funded research project to make the art of US museums more publically accessible.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Social tagging project designed to connect users with the PMA’s online collection.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Philadelphia Museum of Art's Social Tagging Project
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Dish.Possibly made by Abraham Hubener, American. 1778
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Market Square, Germantown, Pennsylvania. William Britton, American, active c. 1820
Judd's Hotel, PhiladelphiaArtist/maker unknown, American. C. 1820
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steve.museum
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“Museums have an opportunity to enhance user experience and to experiment with new strategies for user engagement that
builds community and attracts new audiences.” - Susan Chun, Metropolitan
Museum of Art, 2006
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Folksonomies in libraries “Hashtag Hunt”
Twitter-based scavenger hunt, creating dialogue about subject headings.
#shelfie
Penn Tag
Social bookmarking tool for the University of Pennsylvania Community.
Library Thing
A catalogue enrichment tool. Designed to make library catalogs more engaging and informative.
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Hashtag Hunt
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Penn Tags
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LibraryThing
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Takeaways
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Museums vs. Libraries
◉ Internal museum records can be more difficult to penetrate for outside users.
◉ Libraries are seeing more positive experiences, especially in reader’s advisory.
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Theory vs. Practice
Opinions differ on the viability of folksonomies’ successfulness in libraries & museums.
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Any questions?
Thanks!