Building a bibliographic hierarchy for manga through the aggregation of institutional and hobbyist descriptions

Building a bibliographic hierarchy for manga through the aggregation of institutional and hobbyist descriptions

Purpose Multiple studies have illustrated that the needs of various users seeking descriptive bibliographic data for pop culture resources (e.g. manga, anime, video games) have not been properly met by cultural heritage institutions and traditional models. With a focus on manga as the central resour...

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Published in:Journal of documentation 2019-03, Vol.75 (2), p.287-313
Main Authors: Kiryakos, Senan, Sugimoto, Shigeo
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Agglomeration
Animation
Anime
Archives & records
Audiences
Bibliographic Databases
Bibliographic description
Bibliographic records
Bibliographies
Comics
Computer & video games
Cultural Background
Cultural heritage
Cultural resources
Culture
Information Needs
Libraries
Library collections
Manga
Metadata
Multimedia
Popular culture
Production Techniques
Semantics
Semiotics
Subtitles & subtitling
User requirements
Video Games
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Summary:Purpose Multiple studies have illustrated that the needs of various users seeking descriptive bibliographic data for pop culture resources (e.g. manga, anime, video games) have not been properly met by cultural heritage institutions and traditional models. With a focus on manga as the central resource, the purpose of this paper is to address these issues to better meet user needs. Design/methodology/approach Based on an analysis of existing bibliographic metadata, this paper proposes a unique bibliographic hierarchy for manga that is also extendable to other pop culture sources. To better meet user requirements of descriptive data, an aggregation-based approach relying on the Object Reuse and Exchange-Open Archives Initiative (OAI-ORE) model utilized existing, fan-created data on the web. Findings The proposed hierarchy is better able to portray multiple entities of manga as they exist across data providers compared to existing models, while the utilization of OAI-ORE-based aggregation to build and provide bibliographic metadata for said hierarchy resulted in levels of description that more adequately meet user demands. Originality/value Though studies have proposed alternative models for resources like games or comics, manga has remained unexamined. As manga is a major component of many popular multimedia franchises, a focus here with the intention while building the model to support other resource types provides a foundation for future work seeking to incorporate these resources.
ISSN:0022-0418
1758-7379