Folksonomies: When the user is an information architect

Charles Seger , cand. Scient. Bibl. Ph.d.-student @ Royal School of Library and Information Science Research Program: Information interaction and Information Architecture

Agenda Background for my project Problems / Methods Example: Use of a folksonomy Webometrics and Tagometrics Questions to the audience References

Background for my project

Problems / Methods

Example: Use of a folksonomy

Webometrics and Tagometrics

Questions to the audience

References

Background Vast Increase in use and production of online information Need for new methods and tools for organizing 28% of all online Americans have tagged content on the Internet (Rainie, 2007)

Vast Increase in use and production of online information

Need for new methods and tools for organizing

28% of all online Americans have tagged content on the Internet (Rainie, 2007)

FOLK SONOMY Aalborg Presentation Course Charles Research? Folksonomy methodology FOLKSONOMY

Main purpose Explore and charter user indexing Explore collaborative tagging as part of users information behaviour

Explore and charter user indexing

Explore collaborative tagging as part of users information behaviour

Learned?

Questions How can users IB behaviour be investigated just by registration of the results of their actions? How can this setup be combined with a more qualitative approach?

How can users IB behaviour be investigated just by registration of the results of their actions?

How can this setup be combined with a more qualitative approach?

References del.icio.us URL: http://del.icio.us/ Lego Digital Design ® http://ldd.lego.com/ Rainie, L. (2007) 28% of Online Americans Have Used the Internet to Tag Content. Pew Internet & American Life Project. Reports: Online activities & pursuits. Tagging. January 31. URL: http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Tagging.pdf

del.icio.us

URL: http://del.icio.us/

Lego Digital Design ®

http://ldd.lego.com/

Rainie, L. (2007) 28% of Online Americans Have Used the Internet to Tag Content. Pew Internet & American Life Project. Reports: Online activities & pursuits. Tagging. January 31.

URL: http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Tagging.pdf

Folksonomies as a synergy Tag User Information Object