Resource discovery through social tagging : a classification and content analytic approach

• Main Authors: Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian, Chua, Alton Yeow Kuan, Lee, Chei Sian, Razikin, Khasfariyati
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::General
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/91019; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8348
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Purpose – Social tagging systems allow users to assign keywords (tags) to useful resources, facilitating their future access by the tag creator and possibly by other users. Social tagging has both proponents and critics, and this paper aims to investigate if tags are an effective means of resource d...