Spalding Speaks! LibraryThing's Tim Spalding Delivers a Keynote at LIANZA Conference
Via Clyde Smith at Cultural Research, we learn of a video of LibraryThing Founder and Developer, Tim Spalding, talking about LibraryThing and social cataloging at the LIANZA (Library & Information Association New Zealand Aotearoa) Annual Conference Closing Keynote Address. It took place at the end of 2009 in Christchurch, NZ.
It's an insightful and interesting presentation full of both facts and ideas to consider. Additionally, Spalding is an excellent speaker.
What follows is a NON-COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF a Few Facts and Discussion Points from the keynote. It's well worth the 50-some minutes to listen for yourself. We think LIS students will also find this presentation worthy of their time.
LT and Social Cataloging:
+ Started in 2005
+ 850K Members
+ Members Have Cataloged More than 44 Million Books
+ Social Cataloging Will Become More Important to Libraries
+ The Social Cataloging Ladder
+ LibraryThing is More About the Content and Less About Pictures, etc.
+ Largest Tag on LT is Cyberpunk
+ Comparing LT Tags to LCSH
+ Explains TagMashing
+ Collaborative Cataloging
+ Brings Various Editions of Books Together [Not FRBR but FRBR Like]
+ Members Adding Value by Adding Metadata and More Not Provided by the Publishers
+ Legacy Cataloging
+ Flash Mob Cataloging
+ LibraryThing for Libraries (A Fee-Based Service)
+ Traditional Cataloging Will Remain
+ Still Believes in Structured Data
+ End of Intellectual Structures Rooted in the Limited of the Physical World--David Weinberger
+ Humanizing the Catalog (ie. recommendations)
+ Library Catalogs are Not Links or Search Engines
+ LibraryThing Gets Twice as Much Traffic as WorldCat.org
+ Consider Open Source Products
+ Social Cataloging Can be a Way for Libraries to Join Web 1.0
+ Social Cataloging Can Help Embrace "Best Traditions" of Libraries
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