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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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Tagging in an Art Museum Context

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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.

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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. think flickr and del.icio.us ???

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Social Media 101 TweetChat Recap: Tagging

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If you are just beginning to use tags, it is often helpful to explore and use tags on broad topics such as "nonprofit," "art," and so on, to reach out to a broad audience if you are not familiar with more specific tags for your content. What Value Do Folksonomies Bring To The Online Museum Collection?

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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. 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. Tagging Nonprofit Missions.