Audiovisual Media Annotation Using Qualitative Data Analysis Software: A Comparative Analysis

The variety of specialized tools designed to facilitate analysis of audio-visual (AV) media are useful not only to media scholars and oral historians but to other researchers as well. Both Qualitative Data Analysis Software (QDAS) packages and dedicated systems created for specific disciplines, such as linguistics, can be used for this purpose. Software proliferation challenges researchers to make informed choices about which package will be most useful for their project. This paper aims to present an information science perspective of the scholarly use of tools in qualitative research of audio-visual sources. It provides a baseline of affordances based on functionalities with the goal of making the types of research tasks that they support more explicit (e.g., transcribing, segmenting, coding, linking, and commenting on data). We look closely at how these functionalities relate to each other, and at how system design influences research tasks

From social tagging to polyrepresentation: a study of expert annotating behavior of moving images

Mención Internacional en el título de doctorThis thesis investigates “nichesourcing” (De Boer, Hildebrand, et al., 2012), an emergent initiative of cultural heritage crowdsoucing in which niches of experts are involved in the annotating tasks. This initiative is studied in relation to moving image annotation, and in the context of audiovisual heritage, more specifically, within the sector of film archives. The work presents a case study of film and media scholars to investigate the types of annotations and attribute descriptions that they could eventually contribute, as well as the information needs, and seeking and searching behaviors of this group, in order to determine what the role of the different types of annotations in supporting their expert tasks would be. The study is composed of three independent but interconnected studies using a mixed methodology and an interpretive approach. It uses concepts from the information behavior discipline, and the "Integrated Information Seeking and Retrieval Framework" (IS&R) (Ingwersen and Järvelin, 2005) as guidance for the investigation. The findings show that there are several types of annotations that moving image experts could contribute to a nichesourcing initiative, of which time-based tags are only one of the possibilities. The findings also indicate that for the different foci in film and media research, in-depth indexing at the content level is only needed for supporting a specific research focus, for supporting research in other domains, or for engaging broader audiences. The main implications at the level of information infrastructure are the requirement for more varied annotating support, more interoperability among existing metadata standards and frameworks, and the need for guidelines about crowdsoucing and nichesourcing implementation in the audiovisual heritage sector. This research presents contributions to the studies of social tagging applied to moving images, to the discipline of information behavior, by proposing new concepts related to the area of use behavior, and to the concept of “polyrepresentation” (Ingwersen, 1992, 1996) applied to the humanities domain.Esta tesis investiga la iniciativa del nichesourcing (De Boer, Hildebrand, et al., 2012), como una forma de crowdsoucing en sector del patrimonio cultural, en la cuál grupos de expertos participan en las tareas de anotación de las colecciones. El ámbito de aplicación es la anotación de las imágenes en movimiento en el contexto del patrimonio audiovisual, más específicamente, en el caso de los archivos fílmicos. El trabajo presenta un estudio de caso aplicado a un dominio específico de expertos en el ámbito audiovisual: los académicos de cine y medios. El análisis se centra en dos aspectos específicos del problema: los tipos de anotaciones y atributos en las descripciones que podrían obtenerse de este nicho de expertos; y en las necesidades de información y el comportamiento informacional de dicho grupo, con el fin de determinar cuál es el rol de los diferentes tipos de anotaciones en sus tareas de investigación. La tesis se compone de tres estudios independientes e interconectados; se usa una metodología mixta e interpretativa. El marco teórico se compone de conceptos del área de estudios de comportamiento informacional (“information behavior”) y del “Marco integrado de búsqueda y recuperación de la información” ("Integrated Information Seeking and Retrieval Framework" (IS&R)) propuesto por Ingwersen y Järvelin (2005), que sirven de guía para la investigación. Los hallazgos indican que existen diversas formas de anotación de la imagen en movimiento que podrían generarse a partir de las contribuciones de expertos, de las cuáles las etiquetas a nivel de plano son sólo una de las posibilidades. Igualmente, se identificaron diversos focos de investigación en el área académica de cine y medios. La indexación detallada de contenidos sólo es requerida por uno de esos grupos y por investigadores de otras disciplinas, o como forma de involucrar audiencias más amplias. Las implicaciones más relevantes, a nivel de la infraestructura informacional, se refieren a los requisitos de soporte a formas más variadas de anotación, el requisito de mayor interoperabilidad de los estándares y marcos de metadatos, y la necesidad de publicación de guías de buenas prácticas sobre de cómo implementar iniciativas de crowdsoucing o nichesourcing en el sector del patrimonio audiovisual. Este trabajo presenta aportes a la investigación sobre el etiquetado social aplicado a las imágenes en movimiento, a la disciplina de estudios del comportamiento informacional, a la que se proponen nuevos conceptos relacionados con el área de uso de la información, y al concepto de “poli-representación” (Ingwersen, 1992, 1996) en las disciplinas humanísticas.Programa Oficial de Doctorado en Documentación: Archivos y Bibliotecas en el Entorno DigitalPresidente: Peter Emil Rerup Ingwersen.- Secretario: Antonio Hernández Pérez.- Vocal: Nils Phar

Topic Maps and library and information science : an exploratory study of Topic Maps principles from a Knowledge and Information Organization perspective

Purpose: This master thesis attempts to present a ‘state of the art’ of the placement of Topic Maps (ISO13250) in Library and Information Science, through an extensive literature review and a synthesis based on their principles. It was sited from a Knowledge and Information Organization perspective, represented by the work by Elain Svenonius The Intellectual Foundation of Information Organization and some of the concepts of Knowledge Organization. This thesis also intends to present a conceptual and theoretical framework for future research. Design/methodology/approach: The study under review presents a qualitative approach based on Grounded Theory principles to analyse the literature and build the conceptual framework for its analysis. The literature reviewed consisted of more than sixty documents, which included, among others, journal articles, conference presentations and papers, student reports and thesis, as well as a book chapter. Moreover, this was complemented with information obtained from mailing lists, blog postings and websites, and some unstructured interviews. Findings: Topic Maps appears to be a development aligned within the tradition of Knowledge and Information Organization but is completely adapted to the context of the Web and the digital environments. In a LIS perspective, it is bibliographic meta-language able to represent, extend and mostly integrate all the existing Knowledge Organization Systems in a standards-based generic model applicable to digital content and online presentation. Conceptually, Topic Maps is in the borders of the LIS discipline with Knowledge Representation and Computer Science, where LIS conceptual models play the role of intermediaries by providing the ontologies to the ‘bibliographic universe’. Topic Maps questions traditional LIS views and principles. Even though some of them still remain the same, as the meaning-based identification of entities, the notions of ‘document’ and ‘subject’ require further studies. Some important applications give account of the capabilities and potentials for further developments and research on Topic Maps in LIS. The main field of application is the Digital Humanities and TEIcodified texts presentation.Joint Master Degree in Digital Library Learning (DILL

Proyecto Patrimonio Histórico Iberoamericano (PHI): Colaboración y difusión en la Web para la gestión del patrimonio

El artículo presenta el proyecto “Patrimonio Histórico Cultural Iberoamericano” (PHI), el cual agrupa en su fase piloto una red de ocho universidades iberoamericanas, lideradas por la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, y que tiene como objetivos la difusión de los contenidos generados en el ámbito académico relacionados con el patrimonio histórico y cultural en riesgo y con los bienes que presentan oportunidades para la cooperación al desarrollo. El artículo se divide en tres partes: En la primera de ellas se introduce el proyecto (sus generalidades, fases y objetivos); en la segunda parte se presenta una breve revisión de los aspectos generales de la gestión de la información relacionada con el patrimonio cultural (sistemas de información y esquemas de metadatos) que sirven de marco al proyecto. La tercera parte describe cómo dicha gestión de la información se lleva a cabo en el ámbito de la presente iniciativa (creación y gestión de contenidos, la ficha PHI para la descripción de los casos de estudio) y el sistema de gestión de contenidos en uso. Finalmente se presentan las conclusiones y el trabajo futuro

Moodle learning management system as a tool for information, documentation, and knowledge management by research groups

RESUMEN: Se presenta la experiencia de dos grupos de investigación de la Escuela Interamericana de Bibliotecología de la Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín-Colombia), en cuanto a la adaptación y utilización de la plataforma Moodle (LMS) como un medio útil para la gestión documental, de información y del conocimiento en proyectos de investigación, más allá de su función original de gestión de cursos en línea. Esta experiencia, aún en proceso, ha posibilitado importantes logros en estos grupos de investigación, al convertirse en un modelo para esta universidad, y presentar esta opción de trabajo utilizando este tipo de plataforma, disponible en la mayoría de las universidades aunque inicialmente para uso de la docencia, como una herramienta clave para un adecuado desarrollo investigador en cualquier proyecto o grupo de investigación.ABSTARCT:Two research groups at the Inter-American School of Library Science, University of Antioquia (Medellín-Colombia), share their experience and lessons learned during the adaptation and use of the Moodle learning management system (LMS) platform as a useful means for information, documentation, and knowledge management in research projects. Moodle was developed as a tool for online course management. This ongoing adaptation has yielded important benefits to the researchers and become a model for the University. This type of technological platform, available to most universities for instructional purposes, has potential to become a key developmental tool for any research project or group

Ariae search engine: information source on energy regulation in Iberoamerica

Ariae is the Iberoamerican Association of Energy Regulatory Entities, formed by the organizations of 19 Iberoamerican countries. In this article we present the new  Ariae information service, consisting of a digital library that gathers and organizes the open access documents produced during the activities of the Association and its members. The article begins with an introduction to the Association and the motivations for creating the information service. Subsequently, it includes a brief presentation of similar services in the area, and finally a description of the objectives and characteristics of  Ariae information service

La promoción de la lectura en las bibliotecas públicas de Medellín

This paper presents some aspects of the research "Exploración de los discursos y las prácticas de la promoción de la lectura en las bibliotecas públicas de Medellín: una revisión del lugar social de la biblioteca pública en la formación de lectores". This research has focused on showing the state of the main institutional and organizational categories of the public library, which determine the development of reading promotion initiatives. The general purpose of this research was to offer a nominal, quantitative and structural description of reading promotion initiatives used by the public libraries in Medellín. This will make possible to know a general map of their current state. Despite many of the conceptions, assessments and proposals made in this map, it could be applied not only in Medellín but also in broader contexts such as Colombia and even Latin America. The specific purpose of this research was, on the one hand, the study of practices and subject field discourses, which support the reading promotion initiatives in the abovementioned libraries, so that the function of the public library in the social task of reader's education can be understood. And, on the other hand, to give a base of empirical recognition of relationships between public library and reading. However, this paper deals only with the findings related to library discourses about the library as an institution and the reading promotion (concept of public library, reading, reader, reading promotion, and reading encouragement). The main concepts of this research are public library and reading promotion. Concepts related to society, language, discourse and practice from the point of view of Habermas, Castells, Bordieu, and Ricouer also have been taken up again. Finally, the methodological approach of this work is qualitative

Demonstrating HIVE and HIVE-ES: Supporting Term Browsing and Automatic Text Indexing with Linked Open Vocabularies

Abstract y presentación presentados en el WorkshopThe HIVE (Helping Interdisciplinary Vocabulary Engineering) and HIVE-España (ES) projects both support dynamic, automatic metadata generation using multiple vocabularies. This demonstration will present both the HIVE and HIVE-ES projects and showcase the overarching HIVE framework and functionalities, and give insight into the broader issues relating to linked open vocabularies—LOV. HIVE relies on the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) and the Kea++/Maui algorithms, which enable more sophisticated terminological selection compared to frequency counts. Baseline studies provide some positive, yet mixed results, and a framework for further study. The adequacy of HIVE and HIVE-ES's searching and browsing capabilities are required to be addressed; and the research should target SKOS use for different types of vocabularies (thesaurus vs. subject heading lists) and, specially on the performance of the text indexing algorithms used depending on the type of vocabulary, the features of the training set documents and those indexed, and the language of all of them