Folksonomies - in our future?

Folksonomies really have the cataloging world buzzing. Can amateurs match our skills? Or is it that the law of large numbers produces useful headings purely by dint of use?

Any thoughts on subject analysis by the people?


--------------------------------------------------------
Noreen commented:

The blog
http://hangingtogether.org/?p=68.


This is a fascinating blog about subject cataloguing in museums and the use of folksonomies, a potential tool for providing improved searching and retrieval of museum objects.

Welcome to the 1111 - 2006 class blog.

Hi there, this is the first post, quite early as you can see from the date. More to come.
Richard