NJLA 2006 Conference Folksonomy Resources Page

Folksonomy: Selected Resources

“Understanding Folksonomy” Powerpoint presentation by Thomas Vander Wal at NJLA 2006 Conference in West Long Branch, April 26, 2006 (Warning! large pdf file) at: http://www.njla.org/njacrl/Understanding_Folksonomy.pdf .

Thomas Vander Wal has a link to his presentation on Folksonomy at the December, 2005 Online Information Conference in London (PDF at 1.3MB) on his blog at: http://www.personalinfocloud.com/2006/01/online_informat.html

Clay Shirky of New York University has several papers on Folksonomy, including "Ontology is Overrated: Categories, Links, and Tags" online at: http://shirky.com/writings/ontology_overrated.html .

Also, see Mr. Shirky's listing on the O'Reilly Emerging Tech. Conference Website at: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/36/speakers.html where he did a session on "Folksonomy, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mess."

“Folksonomy” article in The New York Times, December 11, 2005 Sunday, Late Edition - Final, Section 6; Column 3; Magazine; Pg. 69, 377 words, by Daniel H. Pink

There's a blog on tagging = called "You're It!" at: http://tagsonomy.com/ .

put together by the "Tag Team" of:

Alexandra Samuel
Christian Crumlish
Clay Shirky
David Weinberger
Don Turnbull
Gene Smith
Jon Lebkowsky
Peter Merholz
Timo Hannay

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