In a Perfect World: Exploring the Desires and Realities for Digitized Historical Image Archives

Elina Late; Hille Ruotsalainen; Sanna Kumpulainen

doi:10.1002/pra2.785

In a Perfect World: Exploring the Desires and Realities for Digitized Historical Image Archives

Elina Late, Hille Ruotsalainen, Sanna Kumpulainen

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Abstract

The primary goal of this paper is to explore users' desires for digitized historical image collections, examining their desires based on different use purposes and information interaction activities. In addition, we investigate the image attributes that users wish to search from the collection. To accomplish this, we conducted 21 qualitative interviews with active users of a digitized historical photograph archive. Our findings suggest that users' desires relate to three contexts: tools, collection, and socio-organizational issues. Moreover, our results indicate that users require support for various information interaction activities, not just searching. We found that users' desires vary based on their specific use purposes, and that users prioritize conceptual access points that can already mostly be generated through automated annotation methods. Ultimately, this study contributes to a better understanding of users' real-life image needs and offers implications for improving access to digital image collections.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Editors	Ian Ruthven, Heather O'Brien
Publisher	Wiley
Pages	244-254
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.785
Publication status	Published - 22 Oct 2023
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology - London, United Kingdom Duration: 27 Oct 2023 → 31 Oct 2023

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Name	Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Volume	60
ISSN (Print)	2373-9231
ISSN (Electronic)	2373-9231

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Conference	Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	27/10/23 → 31/10/23

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Late, E., Ruotsalainen, H., & Kumpulainen, S. (2023). In a Perfect World: Exploring the Desires and Realities for Digitized Historical Image Archives. In I. Ruthven, & H. O'Brien (Eds.), Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (pp. 244-254). (Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology; Vol. 60). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.785

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Late, E , Ruotsalainen, H & Kumpulainen, S 2023, In a Perfect World: Exploring the Desires and Realities for Digitized Historical Image Archives. in I Ruthven & H O'Brien (eds), Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, vol. 60, Wiley, pp. 244-254, Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology , London, United Kingdom, 27/10/23. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.785

In a Perfect World: Exploring the Desires and Realities for Digitized Historical Image Archives. / Late, Elina ; Ruotsalainen, Hille ; Kumpulainen, Sanna.
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. ed. / Ian Ruthven; Heather O'Brien. Wiley, 2023. p. 244-254 (Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology; Vol. 60).

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