2014 AMIA Compendium Survey
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Introduction
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Thank you for your interest in taking this survey by the AMIA Sub-Committee for the Compendium of Cataloging Practice Update.
This survey is intended for individuals (whether independent or affiliated with an institution) whose main emphasis is moving images and who are currently responsible for cataloging audiovisual collections. It asks questions exclusively pertaining to cataloging practices for audiovisual materials. It will be used to understand current and ideal audiovisual cataloging practices.
This is a survey of considerable length. The time commitment will vary depending upon the nature of your audiovisual collections and cataloging practices. The survey is designed to allow respondents to skip over questions that are not relevant to them. For example, if you do not currently hold digital audiovisual materials, you will be skipped over questions related to this topic. We put much thought into the risks of a lengthy and complex survey and decided it was merited based on the following:
* The original AMIA Compendium is comprised of data representing audiovisual cataloging practices of the mid-to-late 1990s. Its emphasis is on descriptive metadata for analog materials. Much has changed in the nearly 20 years since the original survey was developed. We wanted to cover some of the same ground but, based on the results of a pre-survey questionnaire, we also believe it is crucial that this new survey account for changes in audiovisual formats, systems, and standards and how they have impacted cataloging practices. Therefore, the survey was revised and expanded to include questions that would address areas such as digital media, technical metadata, preservation metadata, workflows, etc.
* Audiovisual materials, particularly archival AV materials, have complex--often idiosyncratic--cataloging needs. A simple and short survey would not adequately capture this complexity. Moreover, this survey is attempting to reach a bigger and broader audience than the original Compendium. A variety of perspectives will produce a publication useful for diverse types of custodians of audiovisual collections. Accommodating such diversity requires a flexible and more nuanced approach.
* We are providing a sizable amount of time for completing the survey, and from its results, we will produce and make available a data-rich publication for individuals and institutions with audiovisual collections.
* The survey has a “save” function; clicking the link should allow you to pick up where you left off (if you use the same browser). This will permit you to work on the survey a little at a time.
We will make our best effort to protect your individual survey responses so that no one will be able to connect your responses with you or your institution. Any personal information that could identify you or your institution will be removed or changed before results are made public. We will combine your responses with the responses of others and make the aggregated results public.
Survey results will be published in 2015 by the Society of American Archivists (SAA) and the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA).
If you have any problems or questions about the survey, please contact Thelma Ross at tross@oscars.org.
This survey is intended for individuals (whether independent or affiliated with an institution) whose main emphasis is moving images and who are currently responsible for cataloging audiovisual collections. It asks questions exclusively pertaining to cataloging practices for audiovisual materials. It will be used to understand current and ideal audiovisual cataloging practices.
This is a survey of considerable length. The time commitment will vary depending upon the nature of your audiovisual collections and cataloging practices. The survey is designed to allow respondents to skip over questions that are not relevant to them. For example, if you do not currently hold digital audiovisual materials, you will be skipped over questions related to this topic. We put much thought into the risks of a lengthy and complex survey and decided it was merited based on the following:
* The original AMIA Compendium is comprised of data representing audiovisual cataloging practices of the mid-to-late 1990s. Its emphasis is on descriptive metadata for analog materials. Much has changed in the nearly 20 years since the original survey was developed. We wanted to cover some of the same ground but, based on the results of a pre-survey questionnaire, we also believe it is crucial that this new survey account for changes in audiovisual formats, systems, and standards and how they have impacted cataloging practices. Therefore, the survey was revised and expanded to include questions that would address areas such as digital media, technical metadata, preservation metadata, workflows, etc.
* Audiovisual materials, particularly archival AV materials, have complex--often idiosyncratic--cataloging needs. A simple and short survey would not adequately capture this complexity. Moreover, this survey is attempting to reach a bigger and broader audience than the original Compendium. A variety of perspectives will produce a publication useful for diverse types of custodians of audiovisual collections. Accommodating such diversity requires a flexible and more nuanced approach.
* We are providing a sizable amount of time for completing the survey, and from its results, we will produce and make available a data-rich publication for individuals and institutions with audiovisual collections.
* The survey has a “save” function; clicking the link should allow you to pick up where you left off (if you use the same browser). This will permit you to work on the survey a little at a time.
We will make our best effort to protect your individual survey responses so that no one will be able to connect your responses with you or your institution. Any personal information that could identify you or your institution will be removed or changed before results are made public. We will combine your responses with the responses of others and make the aggregated results public.
Survey results will be published in 2015 by the Society of American Archivists (SAA) and the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA).
If you have any problems or questions about the survey, please contact Thelma Ross at tross@oscars.org.