Challenges in cross-cultural/multilingual music information seeking

Jin Ha Lee, J. Stephen Downie, Sally Jo Cunningham

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Abstract

Understanding and meeting the needs of a broad range of music users across different cultures and languages are central in designing a global music digital library. This exploratory study examines cross-cultural/multilingual music information seeking behaviors and reveals some important characteristics of these behaviors by analyzing 107 authentic music information queries from a Korean knowledge search portal Naver (knowledge) iN and 150 queries from Google Answers website. We conclude that new sets of access points must be developed to accommodate music queries that cross cultural or language boundaries.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationISMIR 2005 - 6th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval
Pages1-7
Number of pages7
StatePublished - 2005
Event6th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval, ISMIR 2005 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: Sep 11 2005Sep 15 2005

Publication series

NameISMIR 2005 - 6th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval

Other

Other6th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval, ISMIR 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period9/11/059/15/05

Keywords

  • Cross-cultural music information seeking
  • Korean users
  • Multilingual music information seeking
  • User behaviors

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Music
  • Information Systems

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