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Publication date: 10 October 2008

Kenneth J. Cosh, Robert Burns and Toby Daniel

With increasing amounts of user generated content being produced electronically in the form of wikis, blogs, forums etc. the purpose of this paper is to investigate a new approach…

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Abstract

Purpose

With increasing amounts of user generated content being produced electronically in the form of wikis, blogs, forums etc. the purpose of this paper is to investigate a new approach to classifying ad hoc content.

Design/methodology/approach

The approach applies natural language processing (NLP) tools to automatically extract the content of some text, visualizing the results in a content cloud.

Findings

Content clouds share the visual simplicity of a tag cloud, but display the details of an article at a different level of abstraction, providing a complimentary classification.

Research limitations/implications

Provides the general approach to creating a content cloud. In the future, the process can be refined and enhanced by further evaluation of results. Further work is also required to better identify closely related articles.

Practical implications

Being able to automatically classify the content generated by web users will enable others to find more appropriate content.

Originality/value

The approach is original. Other researchers have produced a cloud, simply by using skiplists to filter unwanted words, this paper's approach improves this by applying appropriate NLP techniques.

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Library Review, vol. 57 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

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Article
Publication date: 21 September 2012

Judit Bar‐Ilan, Maayan Zhitomirsky‐Geffet, Yitzchak Miller and Snunith Shoham

The purpose of this study was to compare the ease of use and the effectiveness of several interfaces for retrieving tagged images.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to compare the ease of use and the effectiveness of several interfaces for retrieving tagged images.

Design/methodology/approach

A number of participants were randomly assigned to one of four retrieval interfaces: tag search in a search box; faceted tag search in a search box; selecting terms from the tag cloud of all the tags in the database; and selecting concepts from an ontology created from the tags assigned to the images. Each interface was tested by 21 users.

Findings

The results show that the highest recall on average was achieved by users of the ontology interface, for seven out of the ten tasks, however, users were more satisfied with the textbox‐based search than the cloud or the ontology.

Research limitations/implications

The experiment was rather specific, and more studies are needed in order to generalize the findings.

Originality/value

With the widespread use of tagging on the web it is of importance to examine whether tagging enables resource discovery. This study shows that in addition to the tags, the retrieval interface also influences user satisfaction and retrieval success.

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Online Information Review, vol. 36 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1468-4527

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Article
Publication date: 8 July 2010

Brian Matthews, Catherine Jones, Bartłomiej Puzoń, Jim Moon, Douglas Tudhope, Koraljka Golub and Marianne Lykke Nielsen

Traditional subject indexing and classification are considered infeasible in many digital collections. This paper seeks to investigate ways of enhancing social tagging via…

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Abstract

Purpose

Traditional subject indexing and classification are considered infeasible in many digital collections. This paper seeks to investigate ways of enhancing social tagging via knowledge organization systems, with a view to improving the quality of tags for increased information discovery and retrieval performance.

Design/methodology/approach

Enhanced tagging interfaces were developed for exemplar online repositories, and trials were undertaken with author and reader groups to evaluate the effectiveness of tagging augmented with control vocabulary for subject indexing of papers in online repositories.

Findings

The results showed that using a knowledge organisation system to augment tagging does appear to increase the effectiveness of non‐specialist users (that is, without information science training) in subject indexing.

Research limitations/implications

While limited by the size and scope of the trials undertaken, these results do point to the usefulness of a mixed approach in supporting the subject indexing of online resources.

Originality/value

The value of this work is as a guide to future developments in the practical support for resource indexing in online repositories.

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Aslib Proceedings, vol. 62 no. 4/5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0001-253X

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Article
Publication date: 25 September 2009

Ali Shiri

The purpose of this paper is to report on a comparative and analytical examination of ten social tagging systems' interfaces and their features and functionalities. The specific…

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to report on a comparative and analytical examination of ten social tagging systems' interfaces and their features and functionalities. The specific objective of the study was to examine the ways in which the user interfaces of social tagging systems encourage and provide users with features to assign, explore, browse and make use of tags during their interaction with social tagging sites.

Design/methodology/approach

The user interface features and functionalities of ten social tagging sites (six social bookmarking and four social media sharing sites) are examined. A categorisation of tag‐related features is developed for analysis. The sites are selected based on such criteria as popularity, variety of site type, and inclusion of tagging features and content type.

Findings

The findings of this study show that there is an emerging interface design paradigm with respect to social tagging sites that reflects a particular focus on exploratory search and browsing features and services. Some of the key areas discussed are: user tagging features; exploratory and tag browsing features; and interface layout.

Practical implications

The findings of this study of the user interface features of social tagging sites provide a comprehensive picture of the possible and potential features that can be incorporated into new social tagging systems. Based on the evidence found in the examined social tagging interfaces, recommendations are made on the design of tag posting, tag use, tag browsing, tag lists and tag clouds. The design recommendations offer ideas for the development of more sophisticated exploratory and interactive user interfaces for social tagging systems.

Originality/value

This is the first paper that reports on a comparative and exploratory examination of social tagging user interface features and functionalities.

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Online Information Review, vol. 33 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1468-4527

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Article
Publication date: 2 September 2014

Koraljka Golub, Marianne Lykke and Douglas Tudhope

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 enhancing social…

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Abstract

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 enhancing social tagging, with the ultimate purpose of improving subject indexing and information retrieval.

Design/methodology/approach

Over 11,000 Intute metadata records in politics were used. Totally, 28 politics students were each given four tasks, in which a total of 60 resources were tagged in two different configurations, one with uncontrolled social tags only and another with uncontrolled social tags as well as suggestions from a controlled vocabulary. The controlled vocabulary was DDC comprising also mappings from the Library of Congress Subject Headings.

Findings

The results demonstrate the importance of controlled vocabulary suggestions for indexing and retrieval: to help produce ideas of which tags to use, to make it easier to find focus for the tagging, to ensure consistency and to increase the number of access points in retrieval. The value and usefulness of the suggestions proved to be dependent on the quality of the suggestions, both as to conceptual relevance to the user and as to appropriateness of the terminology.

Originality/value

No research has investigated the enhancement of social tagging with suggestions from the DDC, an established KOS, in a user trial, comparing social tagging only and social tagging enhanced with the suggestions. This paper is a final reflection on all aspects of the study.

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Journal of Documentation, vol. 70 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0022-0418

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Article
Publication date: 27 November 2007

Matt Weaver

The purpose of this paper is to explore the information needs of one user group, public library fiction readers, in order to reveal a design of an online community at the local…

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore the information needs of one user group, public library fiction readers, in order to reveal a design of an online community at the local level. Examination of user‐generated metadata can reveal new approaches to information architecture.

Design/methodology/approach

A literature review into behaviors of virtual communities; surveying public library readers regarding search behavior characteristics – the survey included a sample “tagging” exercise to determine whether public library communities could create meaningful metadata for retrieval purposes.

Findings

The use of relevance as an indicator of tag quality is flawed: in a survey, public library readers “tagged” the novel The Da Vinci Code. The resulting collection of tags provided a richer description of the book than did the social book‐related web site www.librarything.com. Tag collections can be broken down into different categories, each reflecting a different “facet” of the novel: character, plot, subject/topic, setting, and genre. Faceted structure to tags enables users to choose the context of the tag to the novel.

Research limitations/implications

This research is relevant in the world of social networking sites, online communities, or any other such system where users generate descriptive metadata. Examination of such metadata can reveal facets, which can guide the architect/librarian in the design of a versatile architecture.

Originality/value

This research resulted in a manifold design for a public‐library‐based online community that allowed for the full expression of users' information needs. This research introduces a faceted structure to current approaches for user‐generated metadata, adding versatility to search terms.

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Library Hi Tech, vol. 25 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0737-8831

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Article
Publication date: 25 February 2014

Ma Feicheng and Li Yating

This paper aims to explore the characteristics of the co-occurrence network of online tags and propose new approaches of applying social network analysis by utilising social…

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Purpose

This paper aims to explore the characteristics of the co-occurrence network of online tags and propose new approaches of applying social network analysis by utilising social tagging in order to organise data.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors collected online resources labelled “tag” from 7 November 2004 to 31 October 2011 from the CiteULike website, comprising 684 papers and their URLs, titles and data on tagging (users, times, and tags). They examined the co-occurrence network of online tags by using the analyses of social networks, including the analysis of coherence, the analysis of centricity and core to periphery categorical analysis.

Findings

Some features of the co-occurrence of online tags are as follows: the internet is subject to the “small world” phenomenon, as well as being “scale-free”. The structure of the internet reflects stable areas of core knowledge. In addition to five possible applications of social network analysis, social tagging has the greatest significance in organising online resources.

Originality/value

This research finds that co-occurrence of tags online is an effective way to organise and index data. Some suggestions are provided on the organisation of online resources.

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Online Information Review, vol. 38 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1468-4527

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Article
Publication date: 10 August 2010

Haklae Kim, John Breslin and Jae Hwa Choi

The purpose of this research is to investigate some general features of folksonomies and user‐generated content with copyright issues, and to present semantic representation for…

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this research is to investigate some general features of folksonomies and user‐generated content with copyright issues, and to present semantic representation for folksonomies using a tag ontology that can be used to represent tagging data at a semantic level using Semantic Web technologies.

Design/methodology/approach

An exploratory study is described that features current social tagging methods and copyright metadata. In particular, a tag ontology is extended for representing copyright metadata across different platforms.

Findings

The main finding is that Social Semantic Cloud of Tags can improve the expressive knowledge representation of folksonomies and that this ontology can aid in describing copyright metadata using some extended properties.

Originality/value

The paper gives a valuable insight into representing folksonomies with Semantic Web technologies that enable the representation, exchange, and reuse of tagging data, and provides a way to reduce the risk of copyright infringements in the process of tag sharing in folksonomies.

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Online Information Review, vol. 34 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1468-4527

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Article
Publication date: 31 March 2022

Sukumar Mandal

The purpose of this study is to look into the three major new innovative components such as collection tree, tags cloud and geolocation for developing digital library system. This…

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to look into the three major new innovative components such as collection tree, tags cloud and geolocation for developing digital library system. This study aims to develop and design an integrated framework for enhancing this services.

Design/methodology/approach

This study will develop a single purpose-driven framework for the domain. It will vary user-friendly architecture on expanding the collection tree based on a high-level operating system and plugins. Now software programs are available in the Omeka Web repository. The whole integrated framework has been designed based on the Linux Operating platform and LAMP architecture towards depends on proper installation and configuration of the “Collection Tree” module with Omeka for both the administration and user interfaces.

Findings

With this integrated structure, keyword cloud users will have easy access to objects and full-text content. Because it can save readers time, the collection tree is helpful in them. This integrated framework for constructing and designing the collection tree for the digital library allows geolocation-based searches from multiple collections.

Originality/value

The integrated domain-specific framework has been designed and developed for the libraries. So, it is feasible to provide better library services in inter-operability and crosswalk through the Omeka collection tree interface. It increases the advanced search mechanism for users using this innovative module and techniques towards creating collection trees based on tag clouds and geolocation for library professionals and advanced level users from multiple collections of hierarchy.

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Library Hi Tech News, vol. 39 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0741-9058

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Article
Publication date: 6 March 2009

Tom Steele

This paper aims to examine the social phenomenon known as tagging and its use in libraries' online catalogs, discussing folksonomies, social bookmarking, and tagging web sites…

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Purpose

This paper aims to examine the social phenomenon known as tagging and its use in libraries' online catalogs, discussing folksonomies, social bookmarking, and tagging web sites. The paper also seeks to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of a controlled vocabulary such as the Library of Congress Subject Headings, and how tagging can assist the LCSH in information retrieval. LibraryThing and the University of Pennsylvania's PennTags are examined.

Design/methodology/approach

Review of recent literature in print and online, as well as browsing Library OPACs using tagging, was the basis for the paper.

Findings

The paper concludes that access to information is the main purpose of cataloging, and use of both traditional methods of cataloging as well as interactive methods such as tagging is a valid method for reaching library users of the future.

Originality/value

The paper lists many problems and concerns of which to be aware, if a library should choose to adopt tagging for their catalog. It looks at the options of using outside web sites to provide the tags as well as creating tagging systems on the library's web site itself. The focus of the paper is how libraries can use tagging, as opposed to the phenomenon of tagging itself, as well as a discussion of how tagging compares with controlled vocabularies.

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Library Hi Tech, vol. 27 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0737-8831

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