Subject-based knowledge organisation: an OER for supporting (digital) humanities research

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2023

Authors

Golub, Koraljka (Author) Other; Pestana, Olívia (Author) FLUP

Journal

Title: Education for Information

Vol. 39 No. 2

Pages: 203-216

ISSN: 0167-8329

Publisher: IOS PRESS

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DOI: 10.3233/EFI-230037

Abstract (EN): Humanities scholars can today engage in research inquiry using data from a range of varied collections which are often characterised by poor subject access, often resulting in systems that underperform and even effectively prevent access to data, information and knowledge. In spite of the availability of professional standards and guidelines to provide quality-controlled subject access through knowledge organisation systems (KOS), subject access in such collections is rarely based on KOS. At the same time, KOS themselves may come with problems such as being slow to update, being rigidly structured and not incorporating end-users’ vocabulary. It may therefore be useful to consider methods for remediating these deficiencies in KOSs, such as collecting user-generated metadata via social tagging or complementing automated indexing techniques with manual ones. To help address the above problems, the paper discusses these challenges and points to possible solutions in different contexts. It does so by reflecting on an open educational resource (OER) devoted to this theme, titled Introduction to Knowledge Organisation Systems for Digital Humanities. It was developed as part of an EU project called DiMPAH (Digital Methods Platform for the Arts and Humanities), 2021–2023, creating seven OERs for inclusion in DARIAH Teach.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific