Both of these findings -- good tags from a broad range of users and
little abusive behaviour -- replicate those of other studies of
tagging in the museum sector. There's a lot available online:
Full research reports:
steve.museum [my report on the first research study of tagging in the
sector]
results summarized with a link to the full text at
https://conference.archimuse.com/blog/jtrant/stevemuseum_research_report_available_tagging_fo
Library of Congress [on Flickr]
Springer, M., B. Dulabahn, P. Michel, B. Natanson, D. Reser, D.
Woodward, et al. (2008).
For the Common Good: The Library of Congress Flickr Pilot Project
Washington, DC: Library of Congress.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/flickr_report_final.pdf.
Early adopters:
Seb Chan on the Powerhouse Museum
Chan, S. (2007). Tagging and Searching - serendipity and museum
collection databases.
Museums and the Web 2007. Proceedings, Toronto, Canada. http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/papers/chan/chan.html
Shelley Bernstein on Brooklyn Museum
(2008, August 1). Tag! You're It! Brooklyn Museum [blog].
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/bloggers/2008/08/01/tag-youre-it/
(2008, September 26). Exhibition Index Re-Launch, New Collection
Features and Tagging Update. Brooklyn Museum [blog].
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/2008/09/26/exhibition-index-re-launch-new-collection-features-and-tagging-update/
In-depth explorations:
If you're interested about the relationship between tagging and
cataloguing, see New York Public Library's experience with Flickr:
Joe Dalton, Can Structured Metadata Play Nice with Tagging Systems?
Parsing New Meanings From Classification-Based Descriptions on Flickr
Commons. Museums and the Web 2010. Proceedings. http://www.archimuse.com/mw2010/mw2010/papers/dalton/dalton.html
Or tagging and game theory, try Mia Ridge on tagging Science Museum
objects
Ridge, M. (2011), Playing with Difficult Objects – Game Designs to
Improve Museum Collections.
Museums and the Web 2011: Proceedings. Toronto: Archives & Museum
Informatics.
http://conference.archimuse.com/mw2011/papers/playing_with_difficult_objects_game_designs_improve_museum_collections
that just scratches the surface.
/jennifer
On 28-Jun-11, at 10:47 AM, Cristiano Bianchi wrote:
> Dear Paul,
>
> thanks for your feedback!
>
> There is evidence - a full and detailed report in fact - which not
> only
> shows the general quality of tags from the pilot, but also
> demonstrates how
> we had virtually no abuses (which is all that Richard Morrison from
> The
> Times seems to be concerned about...). Of course the information
> belongs to
> the PCF, but I can ask for consent and publish a few samples and a
> summary,
> if people are interested. The initial pilot was invitation only, but
> we
> didn't invite people in the arts sector or specialists.
>
> Best, Cristiano
>
>
> On 28 June 2011 14:57, Paul Groves <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Cristiano,
>>
>> Thanks for sharing this information, very interesting to grasp how
>> this all
>> works. The combination of many taggers, the CSA auto-accept/discard
>> tool
>> and
>> human supervisors for ambiguous tags seems like a powerful and
>> efficient
>> approach. Also interesting to note that the general public scored
>> at least
>> as well as the professionals through using this tool! Evidence of
>> latter
>> could be useful in trying to convince curatorial staff that the
>> general
>> public can really help with projects, if properly guided and
>> supported.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> -
>> Paul Groves
>> Project Manager
>> Eastern Art Online: Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art
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>> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Cristiano Bianchi <
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>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> as many of you know, *Your Paintings Tagger
>>> <http://tagger.thepcf.org.uk/>*launched on Thursday, together with
>>> the
>>> BBC Your
>>> Paintings <http://www.bbc.co.uk/yourpaintings/>.
>>> There has been quite a lot of media coverage, as well as Twitter
>> activity,
>>> about the main website and Tagger.
>>> Most of the media focussed on the public facing BBC website,
>>> although
>>> mentioning various aspects of Tagger.
>>>
>>> I have been following Twitter and corresponding with a few people
>>> and I
>>> thought it may be useful to put together some notes about what is
>>> not
>>> immediately visible on the project: I have focussed on Tagger,
>>> which is
>>> what
>>> Keepthinking was most involved with also because perhaps this is
>>> what
>> this
>>> community may be interested in. This article
>>> <http://blog.keepthinking.it>explains the whole process and
>>> workflow.
>>>
>>> I tried to cover as much as possible, but at the same time stay
>>> light on
>>> technicalities: of course there are lots of technical details
>>> (including
>>> diagrams!) that could be added. Please ask if you'd like to know
>>> more.
>>> Tagger is - and it is designed to be - a repeatable model, which
>>> is based
>>> on
>>> generally available software components.
>>>
>>> There article is here, for who is interested.
>> http://blog.keepthinking.it/
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Cristiano
>>> Twitter: @keepthinking_uk
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