Maria Johnsson
Projektkoordinator
An international, multistakeholder survey about metadata awareness, knowledge, and use in scholarly communications
Författare
Summary, in English
The Metadata 2020 initiative is an ongoing effort to bring various scholarly communications stakeholder groups together to promote principles and standards of practice to improve the quality of metadata. To understand the perspectives and practices regarding metadata of the main stakeholder groups (librarians, publishers, researchers, and repository managers), we conducted a survey during summer 2019. The survey content was generated by representatives from the stakeholder groups. A link to an online survey (17 or 18 questions depending on the group) was distributed through multiple social media, listserv, and blog outlets. Responses were anonymous, with an optional entry for names and email addresses for those who were willing to be contacted later. Complete responses (N = 211; 87 librarians, 27 publishers, 48 repository managers, and 49 researchers) representing 23 countries on four continents were analyzed and summarized for thematic content and ranking of awareness and practices. Across the stakeholder groups, the level of awareness and usage of metadata methods and practices was highly variable. Clear gaps across the groups point to the need for consolidation of schema and practices, as well as broad educational efforts to increase knowledge and implementation of metadata in scholarly communications.
Avdelning/ar
- Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap
- Avdelningen för Vetenskaplig kommunikation
Publiceringsår
2021-07-15
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
454-473
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Quantitative Science Studies
Volym
2
Issue
2
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
MIT Press
Ämne
- Information Studies
Nyckelord
- FAIR principles
- Interoperability
- Metadata
- Researchers
- Standards
- Workflows
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 2641-3337