The second session I attended yesterday dealt with tagging, another subject I’ve been drawn to during my year in library school.
Heather Pfeiffer of New Mexico State University gave an overview of ontology building. She used the framework of language—syntax, semantics, and pragmatics—to talk about how we construct ontological frameworks, and she placed tagging within [...]
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ASIST08: Tagging as a Communication Device
Posted in ASIST, cataloging, library stuff, professional development, tagged asist08 on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Everything is Miscellaneous
Posted in books, cataloging, education, technology on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I picked up Everything is Miscellaneous to read while on vacation, and was promptly made fun of by my library school colleagues, because, apparently, it’s an assigned text in one of the cataloging classes. Well, I commend the person who’s assigning this book, because it’s really excellent. David Weinberger does a great job talking about [...]
