An ethnographic study of music information seeking: implications for the design of a music digital library Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:1732570, abstract = {At present, music digital library systems are being developed based on anecdotal evidence of user needs, intuitive feelings for user information seeking behavior, and a priori assumptions of typical usage scenarios. Emphasis has been placed on basic research into music document representation, efficient searching, and audio-based searching, rather than on exploring the music information needs or information behavior of a target user group. We focus on eliciting the 'native' music information strategies employed by people searching for popular music (that is, music sought for recreational or enjoyment purposes rather than to support a 'serious' or scientific exploration of some aspect of music). To this end, we conducted an ethnographic study of the searching/browsing techniques employed by people in the researchers' local communities, as they use two common sources of music: the public library and music stores. We argue that the insights provided by this type of study can inform the development of searching/browsing support for music digital libraries.}, author = {Cunningham, S. J. and Reeves, N. and Britland, M.}, booktitle = {Digital Libraries, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 Joint Conference on}, citeulike-article-id = {1732570}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1204839}, journal = {Digital Libraries, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 Joint Conference on}, keywords = {cul, database, library, music}, pages = {5--17}, posted-at = {2008-09-30 06:11:35}, priority = {4}, title = {An ethnographic study of music information seeking: implications for the design of a music digital library}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1204839}, year = {2003} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:1732570 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1732570 N2 - At present, music digital library systems are being developed based on anecdotal evidence of user needs, intuitive feelings for user information seeking behavior, and a priori assumptions of typical usage scenarios. Emphasis has been placed on basic research into music document representation, efficient searching, and audio-based searching, rather than on exploring the music information needs or information behavior of a target user group. We focus on eliciting the 'native' music information strategies employed by people searching for popular music (that is, music sought for recreational or enjoyment purposes rather than to support a 'serious' or scientific exploration of some aspect of music). To this end, we conducted an ethnographic study of the searching/browsing techniques employed by people in the researchers' local communities, as they use two common sources of music: the public library and music stores. We argue that the insights provided by this type of study can inform the development of searching/browsing support for music digital libraries. JF - Digital Libraries, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 Joint Conference on EP - 17 TI - An ethnographic study of music information seeking: implications for the design of a music digital library T2 - Digital Libraries, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 Joint Conference on SP - 5 KW - cul KW - database KW - library KW - music AU - Cunningham, SJ AU - Reeves, N AU - Britland, M PY - 2003/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1204839 ER -