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Great Summary of Folksonomies and Museums Thread

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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

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Museum Collections and Tagging

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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.

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Shoulder-to-Shoulder Instructional Media: My Tagging Screencast at NTEN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

s a folksonomy. Tagging in Art Museums. Browse the NpTech tag. This can make trouble down the road if you want to publish your resources to a web site using an RSS. So, come up with a few standard tags. t get bogged down ??? re not creating a formal taxonomy, rather it???s Nonprofits and Tagging: Two Case Studies. If you don???t

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NpTechTag Summary: Happy Thanksgiving and Geeky Gobble Gobble

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, perhaps many took her advice, opting for turkey versus tagging items with the NpTech Tag! Tagging " Beneath the Metadata: Some Philosophical Problems with Folksonomy " has been making the rounds on various nonprofit technology lists, particularly in the library and museum communities.

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