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Structure, Subjectivity, and Power: The Provisional Space of Libraries within the Social Tagging Movement
Melissa Higgins, University of DenverSlide2
Virtual Symposium on Information & Technology in the Arts & Humanities
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Melissa
higgins
Structure, 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 DenverSlide4
Social Tagging in Libraries
Reasons libraries might adopt social tagging:
Involving users in the process of description
Creating more comprehensive descriptionsCan often reflect actual user search strategies better
Concern for “user experience”Often very useful in the context of Digital CollectionsHowever, there are some problems with social tagging:Tags are not always relevant
Tags can often be redundant
Or, they can be altogether incorrectSlide5
My Research Question
Flickr
The National Library of Ireland
Two views of Davy Byrnes’ Pub in Dublin, IrelandSlide6
Flickr: Martello Tower at Sandycove
Title of photograph in Flickr: “Joyce’s Martello Tower”Slide7
NLI: Martello Tower at SandycoveSlide8
Flickr
The National Library of Ireland
Structure of Description Creates Different Methods of SearchingSlide9
The National Library of Ireland on the Commons: Trinity College GateSlide10
Michel de Certeau
:
The Practice of Everyday Life
(1984)Strategies
ProducersHas “proper” place (not restricted by time)Work according to laws, rules, conventionsDesignerTactics
Consumers (but not passive)
Appropriation as a new kind of production
Without defined place
Opportunistic
UserSlide11
The Liminal S
pace of Libraries
Tactics of Individuals
Strategies of InstitutionsSlide12
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