Folksonomy
Location
King Library 213
Start Date
9-6-2011 10:20 AM
End Date
9-6-2011 10:45 AM
Description
What happens when folks create taxonomies without rules for term scope, choice, or meaning? “It’s the Wild West out there,” asserts King science/engineering librarian Rob Bruce about tagging on popular social bookmarking service CiteULike. Puzzled by obscure tags that cryptically identify a document's “aboutness,” Rob Bruce will describe how he cracked the codes (tags) and discovered tag patterns associated with scientific research.
Folksonomy
King Library 213
What happens when folks create taxonomies without rules for term scope, choice, or meaning? “It’s the Wild West out there,” asserts King science/engineering librarian Rob Bruce about tagging on popular social bookmarking service CiteULike. Puzzled by obscure tags that cryptically identify a document's “aboutness,” Rob Bruce will describe how he cracked the codes (tags) and discovered tag patterns associated with scientific research.
