Re: STEVE & folksonomies / was subject & keyword searching

2005-11-23 Thread Konin, Peter
Title: mcn_mcn-l digest: November 22, 2005



>>Does anyone have an opinion 
about the value, in the networked information world, of the hierarchical LC 
subject format I described above ("Steel 
Industry--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.")? Are others using this format (and why) or 
are you using single terms, more like keywords?<<
 
I've 
been using mostly single terms, but will occasionally use a heirarchical LC 
format when there is a specific enough topic.  I anticipate that searches 
for more general terms will bring these topics, but there will be the option for 
a more detailed search.  Of course, our indexing scheme hasn't quite been 
finalized yet, so there is room for adjustment.
Peter Konin, MLS Subject Cataloger Information 
Services Philadelphia Museum of Art 
Phone: (215) 684-7288 pko...@philamuseum.org
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Re: subject & keyword searching in CMS and DAMS

2005-11-17 Thread Konin, Peter
I just joined this group, but I wanted to discuss the subject cataloging
project currently underway at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  We are still
in the development stage, but I expect that we will end up with controlled
vocabulary derived from LC's TGM, and to a lesser extent, Getty's AAT as
well as standard LCSH.  I am conceptually breaking these down into separate
categories for generic object, scene, and activity; specific object, scene,
and activity; and theme/abstract concept.  

I will also be creating hierarchies based on object type and subject matter.
These facets will be comprised of the controlled vocabulary used in the
above-mentioned subject cataloging scheme.


Peter Konin, MLS
Subject Cataloger
Information Services
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Phone: (215) 684-7288
pko...@philamuseum.org


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From: brian cors [mailto:bc...@umich.edu]
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Subject: Re: subject & keyword searching in CMS and DAMS



Wow, thanks for passing along info on STEVE.

And yes, "social tagging" for enhancement of our collections database 
keywords for "off the street" users is something that we have been 
thinking of.

We were just currently in grant-writing mode to fund a project that 
would update a lot of things with our digital collection - and keywords 
are one of those things.

For personal photos, I myself Flickr for image hosting and sharing - and 
their method, I find, is really enjoyable - and useful.

I actually contacted Flickr to see if they would be interested in 
working on a project with us, and folksonomy-based "tagging" - to get 
more "everyday user" keywords into our search fields, but Flickr does 
not offer a standalone server and were not interested in working 
together on something...

Sad, because the folks who make EmbARK are highly interested in this as 
well - and that's what we use for our collections database...

In any case, I'll peep at STEVE and see what that's all about.  Thanks!

And, if anyone else is utilizing folksonomy-based tools for generation 
of generalized/every-day keywords, I'd be interested to hear what you're 
doing.


Matt Morgan wrote:
> This looks like a great place to plug "social tagging," (an approach to 
> "folksonomy," i.e., using popular terminology for subject 
> categorization) like what STEVE (http://steve.museum) promises. 
> Folksonomies are a way to address the reality that Museum and Library 
> professionals often use subject categorizations that don't reflect the 
> terms most people use when searching online. STEVE is an open-source 
> tool for enabling social tagging of museum object images to create 
> folksonomies.
> 
> Alongside the folksonomies, I still think it's worthwhile for museums to 
> make their internal subject terms more public. Exposing the insides of 
> the Museum in a demystifying, educational way is a great 
> community-minded thing to do.

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