Europeana: What Users Search for and Why
| Autor: | Paul Clough, Paula Goodale, Monica Lestari Paramita, Timothy Hill |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Scheme (programming language)
Computer science 05 social sciences Subject (documents) Sample (statistics) 02 engineering and technology World Wide Web Cultural heritage Task (computing) 020204 information systems 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering 0509 other social sciences Qualitative content analysis 050904 information & library sciences computer computer.programming_language |
| Zdroj: | Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries ISBN: 9783319670072 TPDL |
| Popis: | People use digital cultural heritage sites in different ways and for various purposes. In this paper we explore what information people search for and why when using Europeana, one of the world’s largest aggregators of cultural heritage. We gathered a probability sample of 240 search requests from users via an online survey and used qualitative content analysis complemented with Shatford-Panofsky’s mode/facet analysis for analysing requests to visual archives to investigate the following: (i) the broad type of search task; (ii) the subject content of searches; and (iii) motives for searching and uses of the information found. Results highlight the rich diversity of searches conducted using Europeana. Contributions include: collection and analysis of a comprehensive sample of Europeana search requests, a scheme for categorising information use, and deeper insights into the users and uses of Europeana. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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