The document discusses how tagging content today can increase access to that content tomorrow. It argues that tagging at the point of content creation is the least expensive way to organize information and connect knowledge assets, people, and experts. Various types of tags are described, from private to social to automatic. Tagging empower contributors and personalizes access by allowing users to find and apply relevant content. Challenges to adopting and maintaining tagging practices are also addressed.
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1. How Tagging Today
Increases Access
Tomorrow
July 10, 2013
Elizabeth F. McLean MSLS CKM
Knowledge Management Reference Group
6. Tags and Categories added by users
Connect knowledge assets to
provide a more complete picture
Connect people to knowledge in
context
Connect people to experts in context
(problem solving, new insights)
Empowers Contributors
Personalizes Access
7. At the point of content creation
Tags, Categories, Keywords or labels
Least effort, least expensive
Organic to project
Flexible
Work in all kinds of collaboration tools
Can contribute to updated controlled
vocabularies
KM: Can inform where gaps are or depict
other patterns
8. Private, Group, Social, Automatic
Apply in organization collaboration
where users engage with content
Personalized
Group created finding aids at the
point of project, evaluation or ah-hah
moment
Types of Tags Today
9. Why We Tag
Label applied to knowledge assets
by experts
User generated content explosion in
social and enterprise content
Interactivity and sharing
Culture of engagement and influence
Access and discoverability on trust
network
10. Tag Cloud of Tag Types
Timme Munks Folksonomies The Significance of Least Effort using Wordle Tag Cloud generator.
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/6875794/Folksonomies-the_Significance_of_Least_Effort
11. Remedy: Label your Stuff
Agency Resources
Google Drive-
labels
Google Sites -
Categories
Blogs
(WordPress)
Categories and
Tags
SharePoint
Team Sites
Description,
Tags
Drupal- Tags
MediaWiki -
Categories
@2012 Created by Tracey Holinka of chaostoclarity.com/ Chaos To Clarity
13. Apply Tags Here: KM and Information Life
Cycles Integrated
Cycle: http://www.caci.com/fcc/KM/
14. Keys to access, analysis, and
discovery to strategic project assets
Applicable to each activity in KM
cycle
Shows how Users apply Context to
Content owned within program
framework
Visual Search guide for quick
scanning of info
KM Tool/Concept: We know. Whats in it for us?
15. Looking at Tags and Categories with KM Lens
Provides snapshot of content within
the context of the experts and project
What do we see here? What should
we see here? Where are our gaps?
Why are we doing it like this? What
could be better?
Do these visual labels match our
strategies and objectives?
18. Resources
Modular Unified Tagging Ontology
(MUTO) http://purl.org./muto
Timme Munks Folksonomies The
Significance of Least Effort using
Wordle Tag Cloud generator.
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/687
5794/Folksonomies-
the_Significance_of_Least_Effort