Cataloging and You: Measuring the Efficacy of a Folksonomy for Subject Analysis Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:1886503, abstract = {Folksonomies, or user-created taxonomies, are currently used as collaborative tools to describe images, films, hyperlinks, and other objects and documents. LibraryThing is a website that lets users catalog their own book collections through the use of Library of Congress Subject Headings and social tagging. This paper records the results of exploratory research focusing on the connection between folksonomies and controlled vocabulary and utilizing LibraryThing as a possible benchmark to measure tagging's efficacy and accuracy as an instrument for subject analysis.}, author = {Smith, Tiffany}, booktitle = {Proceedings 18th Workshop of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Special Interest Group in Classification Research, Milwaukee, Wisconsin}, citeulike-article-id = {1886503}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/2061/}, editor = {Lussky, Joan}, keywords = {controlledvocabulary, folksonomy, librarything, subjectheadings}, posted-at = {2008-07-17 22:28:46}, priority = {0}, title = {Cataloging and You: Measuring the Efficacy of a Folksonomy for Subject Analysis}, url = {http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/2061/}, year = {2007} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:1886503 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1886503 N2 - Folksonomies, or user-created taxonomies, are currently used as collaborative tools to describe images, films, hyperlinks, and other objects and documents. LibraryThing is a website that lets users catalog their own book collections through the use of Library of Congress Subject Headings and social tagging. This paper records the results of exploratory research focusing on the connection between folksonomies and controlled vocabulary and utilizing LibraryThing as a possible benchmark to measure tagging’s efficacy and accuracy as an instrument for subject analysis. TI - Cataloging and You: Measuring the Efficacy of a Folksonomy for Subject Analysis T2 - Proceedings 18th Workshop of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Special Interest Group in Classification Research, Milwaukee, Wisconsin KW - controlledvocabulary KW - folksonomy KW - librarything KW - subjectheadings AU - Smith, Tiffany A2 - Lussky, Joan PY - 2007/// UR - http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/2061/ ER -