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Folksonomy

Folksonomy. LIS 643 Spring 2013 By: Tony Ward. What is Folksonomy.

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Folksonomy

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  1. Folksonomy LIS 643 Spring 2013 By: Tony Ward

  2. What is Folksonomy According to P. Friedman (2005),folksonomy is a word that originated from the anthropology community meaning folk taxonomies (regular people classification or categorization documents) has been accepted and integrated seemlesslyinto the social networking community. Tagging Social computing Common terms used to refer to folksonomy in the social networking community. Tagging is the use a single word or phase to identify a work.

  3. Comparing Folksonomy to Dewey/Subject Heading Folksonomy: • Created by users • No rules for creations Dewey: • Created by trained professional • Index content by using keywords or subject headings • Structured guidelines/procedures for creating SH or categorizing items based on topic Both: • Allows users to find similar or related topics/items based on initial search

  4. Pros and Cons of Folksonomy

  5. Folksonomy in use • YouTube • Images on Flickr • Webpages on Delicious • Twitter • Facebook • Amazon • LibraryThing

  6. Folksonomy in Academic Fields

  7. Final Folksonomy Thoughts • Folksonomy allows average users to have input into the classification and organizing of information through a tagging system • Folksonomy is not restricted by rules as LOCSH or the Dewey Decimal systems are • Folksonomy can be found in all academic or professional fields. • Tags can be applied to items for personal reasons (communicate, to connect with friends or family or others with similar interest) or to organize (assist others academically or professionals)

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