Structure, Subjectivity, and Power: The Provisional Space of Libraries within the Social Tagging Movement Melissa Higgins, University of Denver
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PRESENTATION – MELISSA HIGGINSStructure, subjectivity, and power: The provisional space of libraries within the social tagging movement
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Structure, Subjectivity, and Power: The Provisional Space of Libraries within the Social Tagging Movement Melissa Higgins, University of Denver
Social Tagging in Libraries
• Reasons libraries might adopt social tagging: Involving users in the process of description Creating more comprehensive descriptions Can often reflect actual user search strategies better Concern for “user experience” Often very useful in the context of Digital Collections
• However, there are some problems with social tagging: Tags are not always relevant Tags can often be redundant Or, they can be altogether incorrect
My Research Question
Flickr The National Library of IrelandTwo views of Davy Byrnes’ Pub in Dublin, Ireland
Flickr The National Library of Ireland
Structure of Description Creates Different Methods of Searching
Michel de Certeau: The Practice of Everyday Life (1984)
Strategies
• Producers• Has “proper” place (not
restricted by time)• Work according to laws,
rules, conventions• Designer
Tactics
• Consumers (but not passive)• Appropriation as a new
kind of production• Without defined place• Opportunistic• User
ReferencesAlemu, G., Stevens, B., & Ross, P. (2012). Towards a conceptual framework for user-driven semantic metadata interoperability in digital libraries: A social constructivist approach. New Library World, 113(112), 38-54. doi: 10.1108103074801211199031.
De Certeau, M. (1984). The Practice of Everyday Life. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press.
Ding, Y., Jacob, E. K., Zhang, Z., Foo, S., Yan, E., George, N. L., & Guo, L. (2009). Perspectives on social tagging. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 60(12), 2388-2401. doi: 10.1002/asi.21190.
Hammond, T., Hannay,T., Lund, B., and Scott, J. (2005). Social bookmarking tools (l): A general review. D-lib Magazine, 11(4).
Schlesselman-Tarango, G. (2013). Searchable signatures: context and the struggle for recognition. Information Technology and Libraries, 32 (3), 5-19.
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