Ever heard of fan fiction? It’s unauthorized stories based on existing works of fiction. These stories can vary greatly in length, accuracy to the source material, and subject matter, but most rely on the reader having some understanding of the…
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Folksonomy and Tag Wrangling: Examining Archive of Our Own
Tagged with: Cataloging, Classification, Digital Collections, fanfiction, folksonomy, Tagging
Posted in Cataloging, Classification
Posted in Cataloging, Classification
Fan Fiction Fans Make The Best Catalogers
An article in Wired by writer Gretchen McCulloch last summer highlighted how fan fiction database Archive of our Own, managed to create one of the most efficient tagging systems online. The site, which won a Hugo Award for Best Related…
Tagged with: Archives, Cataloging, crowdsourcing, data management, data wrangling, Knowledge Organization, Knowledge Organization Systems, Tagging, tagging systems, volunteers
Posted in Archives, Cataloging, Knowledge Structures
Posted in Archives, Cataloging, Knowledge Structures
“Meet the K-Pop Stans Cataloging Their Fave Groups’ Best Looks”
A major part of K-Pop’s appeal is the bold, often eccentric, meticulously styled and coordinated looks that its stars wear. This article from Dazed is about the growing community of K-Pop fans that are using social media to “catalog,” in…
Tagged with: #socialmediaplatforms, community, crowdsource, knowledge sharing, social media, Social media archives, Tagging
Posted in Uncategorized
Posted in Uncategorized
New strategy! New crowd! New team!
https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2018/10/new-strategy-new-crowd-new-team/ Big news! We’ll launch a crowdsourcing program at the Library of Congress on October 24. We’re asking everyone to join us as we improve discovery and access across our diverse collections through transcription and tagging. The program is grounded…
Tagged with: crowdsourcing, Library of Congress, Tagging
Posted in Classification, Libraries, Open Data
Posted in Classification, Libraries, Open Data
Folksonomies and OpenStreetMap
During my research for the final group project, I came across some very interesting research on Folksonomies, OpenStreetMap (OSM), and Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI). I have a deep love of maps and a new interest in folksonomies, so this was…
#MeToo, #YoTambién, #MoiAussi
Data Visualization credit to Erin Gallagher, Medium@Erin_Gallagher For most of us, social tagging is a de facto part of everyday life. We tag pictures of beautifully arranged food (#HomecookedDinner), of our pets (#Fluffy), even of ourselves (#WokeUpLikeThis), all for the…
Tagged with: #MeToo, Alyssa Milano, Harvey Weinstein, internet, social media, Tagging, Tarana Burke, Twitter
Posted in Knowledge and Truth, Open Data
Posted in Knowledge and Truth, Open Data
by Hugh McLeod
INFO 653 Knowledge Organization 