Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2005

RLG is a not-for-profit organization of over 150 research libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural memory institutions. On the Museums/Computers list, there has been a vigorous discussion about folksonomies and G??nter Technorati Tags: art , museums , net2 , tag , nptech , ict , ngo , folksonomy

Folksonomy 50

Folksonomy Museum Summary Technorati 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2005

Source: Powerhouse Museum. Powerhouse Museum Electronic Fabric Swatch Book is a really cool project and an example of using a folksonomy as a way to address the reality that Museums often use subject categorizations that don't reflect the terms most people use when searching online. think flickr and del.icio.us ???

Museum 50

Museum Tag Folksonomy Technorati 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2006

The Art Museum Social Tagging Project is a group of art museums is looking at integrating folksonomies into the museum Web by developing a working prototype for tagging and term collection, and outlining directions for future development and research that could benefit the entire museum community.

Museum 50

Museum Tag Arts Folksonomy 50

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I often talk about the idea of taking social technology out of the Web and putting it into physical museums as part of our exhibitions and programs. In the world of museums, tagging is of great interest to people in the collections world. Why are folksonomies useful? Projects Core Museum 2.0 What’s missing?

Examples 40

Examples Design Virtual Folksonomy 40

Museum 2.0

APRIL 30, 2007

James Yasko is writing an article for an upcoming issue of Museum News on museums and Web 2.0. Here's the question: What advice do you have, as one who keeps up with technology as it relates to museums, to a group looking to incorporate Web 2.0 Start thinking about tagging and folksonomies. into their repertoire?

Museum 20

Museum Advice Web Interview 20

Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

What Value Do Folksonomies Bring To The Online Museum Collection? Solutions for Tagging and Archiving a Discussion List. Tagging Tutorials - Part 1 Flickr. Free Flickr Pro Account Through TechSoup. You're It! 40 Hashtags for Social Good. 400+ Twitter Chat Schedule. How can you use QR codes if you can't afford a mobile site?

Social Media 61

Social Media Tag Media Social 61

Museum 2.0

APRIL 7, 2008

Ideally, rather than a taxonomy set by me, we could create a folksonomy (in the Web 2.0 Some of the suggestions I've been considering: --reader-generated tags (right now I set the topic tags for each post, not sure how to do this with Blogger but it could be possible) pumping up the "What is Museum 2.0?"

Taxonomy 20

Taxonomy Museum Folksonomy Rate 20