Use of Folksonomies in Libraries: An Approach to Organise Information and Control Vocabulary

Abstract

The project investigates folksonomies as a novel strategy to organising information and controlling vocabularies in libraries; it is an inter-based information retrieval methodology comprised of community developed open ended labels that categorise library web resource material. It analyses the tools for folksonomies, such as delicious, flicks, and furls, as well as the usage of folksonomies in libraries, when and how to use them, and also the issues that militate against their use, such as their imperfection and annoyance with taxonomies, among others. The conclusion is that the folksonomy system produces great tags and maintains control over the vocabularies used in subject headers.