#5184. Information Representation and Knowledge Organization in Cultural Heritage Institutions in Arabian Gulf: A Comparative Case Study

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Abstract:
This paper presents the exploratory study conducted with the goal of developing an understanding of the current state of information representation and knowledge organisation in cultural heritage collections and perspectives for future developments. This comparative case study focused on three institutions (an archive, an academic library, and a museum), including early adopters and leaders in digital archiving. The mixed-methods research combined semi-structured interviews with in-depth comparative content analysis of metadata records that represent items in institutions collections. It is the first study to evaluate information representation and knowledge organisation practices in cultural heritage collections. This study also can inform planning and implementation of the large-scale study of the state and perspectives of information representation and knowledge organisation across digital and physical collections of libraries, museums, and archives. Results also provide insights into interoperability potential of metadata for future regional, national and international aggregations of cultural heritage digital collections.
Keywords:
Archives; Information representation; knowledge organisation systems; libraries; metadata evaluation; museums

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