Links: 2005-04-20

Links of use to those devising Controlled Vocabularies, Keyword, Hierarchical Classification, Thesauri, Taxonomy and Subject Heading systems used in databases (Controlled Vocabulary, Thesaurus, facet classification, Hierarchy)Posted: 2005-04-20T18:51:43Z (categories: tagging taxonomy )

Links: 2005-04-18

American Memory from the Library of CongressPosted: 2005-04-18T14:13:33Z (categories: photography research ) Archiver Unbound | NewspapersPosted: 2005-04-18T19:52:58Z (categories: ProQuest newspapers ) Flickr Related Tag BrowserPosted: 2005-04-18T14:11:25Z (categories: flickr photography ) Heritage Image Partnership – The UK’s Premier On-Line Image LibraryPosted: 2005-04-18T14:12:02Z (categories: photography research ) Images Canada: picturing Canadian culturePosted: 2005-04-18T14:13:12Z (categories: photography research ) Where To Find Great Free…

Links: 2005-04-14

Just A Guy – Adam Gurno ยป Tricking out the HipsterPosted: 2005-04-14T22:38:23Z (categories: hipster indexcards ) Directory of open access journalsPosted: 2005-04-14T21:03:18Z (categories: journals )

Non-traditional media gain ground

From an article in USA Today regarding the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s State of the Media report: “The 600-page report also finds that the traditional “journalism of verification” — in which reporters check facts — is ceding ground to a new “journalism of assertion,” in which information is offered on radio and cable talk shows and via Internet bloggers,…

Citizen Journalism in Action

Dan Gillmor points to an early adopter of citizen journalism; the Buffton Today site and newspaper in South Carolina. I don’t know how big Buffton is, but I live in a town that has just over 11,000 people and we still have a local paper, The Chesterton Tribune, that hits my mailbox every afternoon, Monday through Friday. It is the…

Attention and authority

Looks like it is the day for tracking the Gillmor boys…. Steve Gillmor writes: “What does matter is a pool of attention metadata owned by the users. This open cloud of reputational presence and authority can be mined by each group of constituents. Users can barter their attention in return for access to full content, membership priviliges, and incentives for…

Links: 2005-03-22

Jesse James Garrett: Visual Vocabulary for Information ArchitecturePosted: 2005-03-22T23:22:15Z (categories: visio ) Designs by Nick Finck – Visio Stencils for IAsPosted: 2005-03-22T23:21:56Z (categories: visio )