Mapping audiovisual content providers and resources in Greece

Area of Science:

• Digital Libraries
• Information Science
• Open Access Initiatives

Background:

• Numerous audiovisual resources for scientists and the public exist online in Greece.
• These resources are fragmented across various websites with limited search functionalities.
• There is a lack of aggregated services and a national registry for these audiovisual materials.

Purpose of the Study:

• To address the challenge of discovering scattered audiovisual resources.
• To create a curated dataset of open access audiovisual material from Greece.
• To establish the foundation for the Open AudioVisual Archives project.

Main Methods:

• Applied specific selection criteria for copyright, content, form/use, and technical characteristics.
• Collected data on provider types, resource formats, and licensing.
• Analyzed collection management capabilities and metadata policies.

Main Results:

• Identified libraries, archives, museums, universities, and media organizations as key providers.
• Found that open courses from universities, often under Creative Commons licenses, constitute the majority of resources.
• Observed significant variations in collection management and a reliance on commercial streaming services like YouTube.
• Noted the prevalent use of application profiles over international metadata schemas.

Conclusions:

• The dataset provides a valuable resource for accessing Greek open access audiovisual content.
• University open courses are a primary source of such material.
• Challenges remain in infrastructure and standardized metadata practices among providers.