TY - CONF
T1 - The least common denominator does not satisfy user’s needs
T2 - metadata schemes for digital audio archives
AU - Greifeneder, Elke Susanne
AU - Larsen, Bente
AU - Larsen, Birger
AU - Lund, Haakon
AU - Skov, Mette
N1 - IFLA WLIC 2014 - Lyon - Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for Knowledge.
Session 139 - User and Interface Challenges Related to Audiovisual and Multimedia Access - Audiovisual and Multimedia with Information Technology
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper examines what metadata schemes are needed for radio material using the example of the LARM project. Based on several user studies in 2011, a metadata scheme has been implemented, which consists of three layers: archival metadata, LARM metadata and project-specific metadata. In late 2013 follow-up online interviews assessed the adoption of the metadata schemes and users’ understanding of the underlying philosophy. The interviews showed two things: first, despite being involved in building the scheme up, participants used the current metadata scheme on a trial and error basis and did rarely understand the underlying philosophy. Secondly, participants showed a surprisingly high accountability working with metadata meaning that archive providers should worry less about misuse of metadata and instead embrace user participation.
AB - This paper examines what metadata schemes are needed for radio material using the example of the LARM project. Based on several user studies in 2011, a metadata scheme has been implemented, which consists of three layers: archival metadata, LARM metadata and project-specific metadata. In late 2013 follow-up online interviews assessed the adoption of the metadata schemes and users’ understanding of the underlying philosophy. The interviews showed two things: first, despite being involved in building the scheme up, participants used the current metadata scheme on a trial and error basis and did rarely understand the underlying philosophy. Secondly, participants showed a surprisingly high accountability working with metadata meaning that archive providers should worry less about misuse of metadata and instead embrace user participation.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - metadata
KW - e-infrastructure
KW - information behaviour
KW - user-generated content
KW - audio
M3 - Paper
ER -