One Librarian's Take on Folksonomies

The blog entry below highlights one librarian's take on folksonomies ... an interesting read.  For whatever it is worth, it looks like he may work for a library system vendor (talis). 

http://wonderfulworldofmrc.blogspot.com/2005/08/folksonomies-fascinate-me.html

Personally, I don't see why multiple techniques can't compliment (maybe even propel) one another.  I've stated that before and to some degree we're beginning to test this directly with drupal.  We preloaded our database with terms from our own controlled vocabulary and the AJAX support provided by drupal provides an opportunity to focus users on those items.  As we go forward, it will be interesting to see how the use of synonyms, combined with the prospects of recommending related tags, etc. may affect classification ... it will also be interesting to see how/if we can extend that into other areas.  Hopefully some analysis of items going into the folksonomy might shed light on how they might make their way into a controlled, hierarchical taxonomy.  We might have to expand the scope of our current activities for that to become meaningful, but in the meantime, I remain fascinated by the prospects of seeing where new trends and technologies can take us. 

Meanwhile, someone else offers an alternative view point at:
http://silkworm.talis.com/blog/archives/2005/09/why_tagging_is.html