“ To confer, converse, and otherwise hobnob with my brother wizards”: SLIC, SLAINTE and Web 2.0 Celia Jenkins & Gillian Hanlon, SLIC

Why Web 2.0? Improving SLAINTE. Focusing on needs of community. - Different ways of delivering content - Encourages communication, participation & collaboration - Enhances our resources

Improving SLAINTE. Focusing on needs of community.

- Different ways of delivering content

- Encourages communication, participation & collaboration

- Enhances our resources

Tagging: Key features User generated keywords No controlled vocabulary Non-hierarchical Folksonomy No limit to number of tags Supporting fields

User generated keywords

No controlled vocabulary

Non-hierarchical

Folksonomy

No limit to number of tags

Supporting fields

The great tagging debate: part I Enables “pseudo-faceted classification” (Speller, 2007) Creates a bottom-up consensus view (Shirky, 2005) Adaptable to changing vocabularies (Mathes, 2004) Facilitates serendipitous browsing (Mathes, 2004) Combination approach (Pattern, 2007) Evidence of tag consensus being reached (Golder & Huberman, 2005)

Enables “pseudo-faceted classification” (Speller, 2007)

Creates a bottom-up consensus view (Shirky, 2005)

Adaptable to changing vocabularies (Mathes, 2004)

Facilitates serendipitous browsing (Mathes, 2004)

Combination approach (Pattern, 2007)

Evidence of tag consensus being reached (Golder & Huberman, 2005)

The great tagging debate: part II Synonyms and homonyms (Mathes, 2004) Ambiguity of uncontrolled vocabulary (Mathes, 2004) Specificity and the level of expertise (Golder & Huberman, 2005) Longevity of tags (Smith, 2005) Spaces and multiple words (Mathes, 2004) Personal versus social (Mathes, 2004)

Synonyms and homonyms (Mathes, 2004)

Ambiguity of uncontrolled vocabulary (Mathes, 2004)

Specificity and the level of expertise (Golder & Huberman, 2005)

Longevity of tags (Smith, 2005)

Spaces and multiple words (Mathes, 2004)

Personal versus social (Mathes, 2004)

Tag chaos

The source

Tagging: flickr libraries group

Tagging: Library of Congress approach Flickr pilot commenced Jun 2007 – live Jan 2008 Two LoC photo collections added Dublin Core records included Tags applied by users – except “Library of Congress” tag LoC flickr record

Flickr pilot commenced Jun 2007 – live Jan 2008

Two LoC photo collections added

Dublin Core records included

Tags applied by users – except “Library of Congress” tag

LoC flickr record

A delicate balance Scalability - high cost of applying LoC approach Cognitive issues - unlikely that users will tag to standards Perception shift – not tagging versus cataloguing

Scalability - high cost of applying LoC approach

Cognitive issues - unlikely that users will tag to standards

Perception shift – not tagging versus cataloguing

Scottish libraries tag guidelines

The finished product: flickr

The finished product: delicious

Future developments Continuous development of tagging guidelines Building on existing content Work in progress: pod/webcasting, Facebook, live chat and surveys Overcoming legal barriers Integration with SLAINTE

Continuous development of tagging guidelines

Building on existing content

Work in progress: pod/webcasting, Facebook, live chat and surveys

Overcoming legal barriers

Integration with SLAINTE

Contact details References on del.icio.us Presentation on slideshare All available through pageflakes: http://www.pageflakes.com/scottishlibraries email: Celia Jenkins [email_address] Gillian Hanlon [email_address]

References on del.icio.us

Presentation on slideshare

All available through pageflakes:

http://www.pageflakes.com/scottishlibraries

email:

Celia Jenkins [email_address]

Gillian Hanlon [email_address]