The Use of Folksonomies in Public Library Catalogues Export

@article{citeulike:2397103, abstract = {Folksonomies are systems of collaborative end-user metadata of digital assets. This paper explores how folksonomies could be used in public library catalogues to enable end users to (1) organize personal information spaces, (2) supplement existing controlled vocabularies, and (3) create online communities of interest. The benefits and shortcomings of folksonomies are discussed, as well as customizable features in existing library catalogue systems. A research agenda for the study of folksonomies is presented that focuses on a quantitative and qualitative analysis of folksonomies, as well the study of end users' metatagging behaviours. doi:10.1300/J123v51n02\_06}, author = {Spiteri, Louise F.}, citeulike-article-id = {2397103}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/haworth/sl/2006/00000051/00000002/art00006}, keywords = {cataloging, folksonomies, tagging}, month = {November}, pages = {75--89}, posted-at = {2008-12-06 09:59:47}, priority = {0}, title = {The Use of Folksonomies in Public Library Catalogues}, url = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/haworth/sl/2006/00000051/00000002/art00006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2397103 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2397103 N2 - Folksonomies are systems of collaborative end-user metadata of digital assets. This paper explores how folksonomies could be used in public library catalogues to enable end users to (1) organize personal information spaces, (2) supplement existing controlled vocabularies, and (3) create online communities of interest. The benefits and shortcomings of folksonomies are discussed, as well as customizable features in existing library catalogue systems. A research agenda for the study of folksonomies is presented that focuses on a quantitative and qualitative analysis of folksonomies, as well the study of end users' metatagging behaviours. doi:10.1300/J123v51n02_06 EP - 89 TI - The Use of Folksonomies in Public Library Catalogues SP - 75 KW - cataloging KW - folksonomies KW - tagging AU - Spiteri, Louise UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/haworth/sl/2006/00000051/00000002/art00006 ER -