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A user-centered functional metadata evaluation of moving image collections
Ying Zhang 1, Yuelin Li 2
1Langson Library, The University of California, Irvine, P.O. Box 19557, Irvine, CA 92623-9557
2School of Library and Information Science, The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive #5146, Hattiesburg, MS 39406
email: Ying Zhang (yingz@uci.edu) Yuelin Li (yuelin.Li@usm.edu)
Index Terms
video recordings • metadata • evaluation • user studies • Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
Abstract
In this article, the authors report a series of evaluations of two metadata schemes developed for Moving Image Collections (MIC), an integrated online catalog of moving images. Through two online surveys and one experiment spanning various stages of metadata implementation, the MIC evaluation team explored a user-centered approach in which the four generic user tasks suggested by IFLA FRBR (International Association of Library Associations Functional Requirement for Bibliographic Records) were embedded in data collection and analyses. Diverse groups of users rated usefulness of individual metadata fields for finding, identifying, selecting, and obtaining moving images. The results demonstrate a consistency across these evaluations with respect to (a) identification of a set of useful metadata fields highly rated by target users for each of the FRBR generic tasks, and (b) indication of a significant interaction between MIC metadata fields and the FRBR generic tasks. The findings provide timely feedback for the MIC implementation specifically, and valuable suggestions to other similar metadata application settings in general. They also suggest the feasibility of using the four IFLA FRBR generic tasks as a framework for user-centered functional metadata evaluations.
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