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The Hive Mind and Libraries

The Hive Mind and Libraries. Folksonomies and Tagging. Tagging on the Web. Adding descriptive keywords, categories, or labels to online objects for future retrieval or findability. Enables people to categorize their own content. Tagging Websites. Social Media Websites Flickr, YouTube

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The Hive Mind and Libraries

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  1. The Hive Mind and Libraries Folksonomies and Tagging

  2. Tagging on the Web • Adding descriptive keywords, categories, or labels to online objects for future retrieval or findability. • Enables people to categorize their own content.

  3. Tagging Websites • Social Media Websites • Flickr, YouTube • Social Bookmarking Websites • del.icio.us, CiteULike • Listmakers and Social Cataloging Websites • 43 Things, LibraryThing • Blogs • 75 million blogs • Nearly all blogging software supports tagging

  4. del.icio.us

  5. flickr

  6. 43 Things

  7. Tag Cloud

  8. My Tag Cloud

  9. My Tags + = Everyone Else’s Tags A Folksonomy

  10. Folks Taxonomy

  11. Folksonomies are Inclusive

  12. The Long Tail

  13. Folksonomies are Current

  14. Folksonomies offer Discovery

  15. Folksonomies are Non-Binary

  16. Folksonomies are Democratic

  17. Folksonomies follow Desire Lines

  18. Folksonomies offer Insight

  19. Folksonomies engender Community

  20. Folksonomies are a Low-Cost Alternative

  21. Folksonomies offerUsability

  22. Resistance is Futile

  23. The Hitch

  24. Folksonomies lack Synonym Control

  25. Folksonomies lackPrecision

  26. Folksonomies lack Hierarchy

  27. Folksonomies lack Recall

  28. Folksonomies are susceptible to Gaming

  29. Libraries that Tag

  30. Tagging 2.0 Tag Clusters Tag Bundles Faceted Tags Deep Tagging

  31. Tag Clusters & Synonym Control

  32. Tag Bundles & Personal Hierarchy

  33. Faceted Tagging & Hierarchy

  34. Deep Tagging

  35. Image Credits • http://www.flickr.com/photos/catman/63176945/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/book_slut/109659919 • http://www.flickr.com/photos/dsifry/32848885 • http://www.sxc.hu/photo/481937 • http://www.flickr.com/photos/sciamano/87808624 • http://jedi.org/p4/slide/image/anatomy_of_long_tail.png • http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaylon/73498065 • http://www.flickr.com/photos/zen/8739157 • http://www.flickr.com/photos/tmix/79740533 • http://www.flickr.com/photos/parl/16411311 • http://www.flickr.com/photos/santos/56853856 • http://www.flickr.com/photos/thedepartment/110775662 • http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightlypaintedpixels/29602615/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/paseodelsur/60999008 • http://www.flickr.com/photos/vickispix/85474986/in/pool-catsandkeyboards/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035809674@N01/631084/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/suckamc/112228876/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/marchnwe/42255444/in/set-72057594052841235 • http://www.flickr.com/photos/carpeicthus/9207691 • http://www.flickr.com/photos/mykreeve/102163685/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/gms/19945576/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevemccoy/78312855 • http://www.flickr.com/photos/48736861@N00/57329559/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/john/4776861/

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