Event Title

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.

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Jun 9th, 10:20 AM Jun 9th, 10:45 AM

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.