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Early literature on tagging has been enthusiastic about the potential that it holds for libraries.
Theorists have thoroughly analyzed the nature of tags, as well as the benefits and the …

The purpose of this article is to provide a quantitative analysis of the extent to which
folksonomies replicate the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) to see if …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of applying the Dewey
Decimal Classification (DDC) as an established knowledge organization system (KOS) for …

Blogging, though a relatively new phenomenon, has already gained greatly in popularity,
and blogs have become an essential information channel in the Web 2.0 information world …

The uncontrolled nature of user-assigned tags makes them prone to various inconsistencies
caused by spelling variations, synonyms, acronyms and hyponyms. These inconsistencies …

In the constantly evolving field of e-learning, the Learning Design (LD) sector constitutes a
critical success factor, as it has the potential to preserve and disseminate effective …

The purpose of this exploratory study is to understand book tagging by investigating
LibraryThing (LT) members' purposes for tagging; exploring how tags are used; and …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to provide a quantitative analysis of the “messiness” of
the social tags in folksonomies to see how useful they might be for general search and …

Effective classroom management in the broad sense is considered one of the most important
skills for beginning teachers to acquire (Evertson & Weinstein, 2006). Empirical evidence …