There was a presentation at American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in Austin, TX in 2006 by Jennifer Graham and June Abbas that provides some insight into that arena.
Here is a picture of the poster before it is tagged http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennx/291272218/ and after: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennx/291081293/in/set-72157594360532294/ June Abbas later published an article in the journal Knowledge Organization that deals with this, though, strictly speaking, it is from a library perspective rather than a museum perspective. Abbas, June. (2007). In the Margins: Reflections on Scribbles, Knowledge Organization, and Access. Knowledge Organization, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p72-77. here is the author's abstract: Marginalia or "scribbling in the margins" is a means for readers to add a more in-depth level of granularity and subject representation to digital documents such as those present in social sharing environments like Flicker and del.icio.us. Social classification and social sharing sites development of user-defined descriptors or tags is discussed in the context of knowledge organization. With this position paper I present a rationale for the use of the resulting folksonomies and tag clouds being developed in these social sharing communities as a rich source of information about our users and their natural organization processes. The knowledge organization community needs to critically examine our understandings of these emerging classificatory schema and determine how best to adapt, augment, revitalize existing knowledge organization structures. -Nathan Hall On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Jason Best <jbest at brit.org> wrote: > Kate, > I've been searching for similar examples and though I don't have any > first-hand knowledge, I did recently discover the Steve Project at > http://steve.museum which uses social tagging to enhance museum images > and content. The "steve in action" pages might be a lead to find > specific examples. > > Regards, > Jason > > Jason Best > IT Manager > Botanical Research Institute of Texas > 817-332-4441 ext. 230 > http://www.brit.org > http://www.atrium-biodiversity.org > http://atrium.andesamazon.org > > NOTE: > BRIT has moved to a new location. Phone numbers remain the same but our > mailing address has changed: > > Botanical Research Institute of Texas > 500 E 4th St. > Fort Worth, TX 76102 USA > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:34:07 -0700 (PDT) > From: Kate Spencer <katespencer21 at yahoo.com> > Subject: [MCN-L] Public Authoring examples > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Message-ID: <99379.63047.qm at web52104.mail.re2.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi All. > > I am doing a Research Masters and am looking at the use of Public > Authoring & user-generated content in museum exhibits. > > I am particularly interested in examples where user-generated content is > integrated into the exhibit and exhibits which allow the audience to add > to, comment on and re-interpret the exhibit content so the exhibits > evolve over time. > > Can anyone point to any successful/interesting examples? > > Cheers > Kate > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >
