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Metadata Practices for Digital Photographic Collections in Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Norway
This thesis aims to explore the current state of metadata practices for digital photographic
collections in archives, libraries, and museums in Norway in terms of the awareness of
metadata and metadata types, the availability of guidelines, the chief source of information
on cataloging digital photographic items, the metadata scheme used, subject cataloging
standards and the opinions of staff on the problems and factors regarding cataloging digital
photographic collections.
A descriptive survey is used as the research method. Data was collected by using an online
questionnaire. A survey link was distributed to archives, libraries, and museums in Norway
which have digital photographic collection projects. A total of 45 returned questionnaires
were analyzed into descriptive statistics by using the Statistical Package for the Social
Sciences (SPSS) program
The findings indicate that most of the responding memory institutions have guidelines for
cataloging digital photographic collections available at their workplaces (in print format
more often than digital format). In the opinion of respondents, cataloging digital
photographic materials is similar to cataloging photographs in other formats. Further,
metadata is very important for organizing digital collections in their perspective. The
Standard for Fotokatalogisering is the most adopted metadata scheme for digital
photographic collections and responding memory institutions assign free keywords more
often than using standardized subject heading lists. For the most part, the respondents
agree that the mandatory elements in the Standard for Fotokatalogisering are the most
important.
Considering problems facing the digital collection projects of responding institutions, an
insufficient budget is the most problematic, with the highest mean response. Inadequate
existing data on the materials and a high demand for specialized knowledge and skills also
greatly challenge them. As future challenges facing such projects, respondents most
frequently point out user needs, policies on digital photographic collection development,
and technology. Respondents highlight knowledge, skills and work resources as their
potential contributions of institutions to collaborative projects.Joint Master Degree in Digital Library Learning (DILL