DDI description: Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database: Interviews on User Needs 2018-2019 DDI-kuvailu: Haastattelut Suomen arkeologisten löytöjen tietokannan kehittämisestä 2018-2019 3486 Finnish Social Science Data Archive Finnish Social Science Data Archive Finnish Social Science Data Archive 1.0.0 Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database: Interviews on User Needs 2018-2019 [metadata]. Metadata version 1.0.0 (2021-08-05). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [producer and distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3486; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3486 FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records), joiden tekijä on Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finnish Social Science Data Archive), on lisensoitu Creative Commons 1.0 Yleismaailmallinen (CC0 1.0) -lisenssillä. FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records) by Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finnish Social Science Data Archive) are licensed under a Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) license. FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records) av Finlands samhällsvetenskapliga dataarkiv (Finnish Social Science Data Archive) är licensierade under en Creative Commons 1.0 Universiell (CC0 1.0) licens. Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database: Interviews on User Needs 2018-2019 Haastattelut Suomen arkeologisten löytöjen tietokannan kehittämisestä 2018-2019 3486 urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3486 10.60686/t-fsd3486 Wessman, Anna 0000-0001-6886-5455 In accordance with the agreement between FSD and the depositor. Finnish Social Science Data Archive Individual datasets

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1.0 Wessman, Anna (University of Helsinki): Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database: Interviews on User Needs 2018-2019 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2021-08-05). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3486; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3486 archaeological objects archaeology development hobbies information services museums Humanities Information society Cultural activities and participation Leisure, tourism and sport

The dataset consists of interviews on user needs regarding the FindSampo database, which aims to foster collecting, sharing, publishing, and studying archaeological finds discovered by the public. FindSampo is being developed in the Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database (SuALT) project, which aims to develop innovative solutions to respond to metal detecting and other non-professional encounters with archaeological material, applying semantic computing to "citizen science". The project is funded by the Academy of Finland. The dataset includes both individual and group interviews. 50 persons were interviewed in total.

Related survey data collected for the project before the interviews are also archived at FSD (dataset FSD3487 Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database: Survey on User Needs 2018). The two datasets include some of the same respondents, but they cannot be connected between the datasets.

The interviewees discussed themes related to the development of the FindSampo database as well as metal detecting and "citizen science" more generally. Additionally, interviews conducted in Lapland include discussion on gold digging and the cultural status of the Sámi people. During the interviews, the participants were also shown two pictures of what the user interface of FindSampo would look like. Themes discussed during the interviews include, for instance, ease of use, utilising different kinds of maps, changing the language of the user interface, the search function, and the discussion forum. The interviewees' views on the validation of archaeological finds discovered by the public were also surveyed during the interviews.

Background information included the date of the interview and the gender and employment sector of the interviewee. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Finland Finland Individual Individual Archaeology enthusiasts and professionals in the museum sector in Finland Qualitative Cross-section CrossSection University of Helsinki. Institute for Cultural Research Non-probability: Availability Nonprobability.Availability Non-probability: Purposive Nonprobability.Purposive

Some interviewees communicated their willingness to participate in the interviews in connection with the survey conducted before the interviews. Additionally, the researcher contacted some occupational groups personally.

Face-to-face interview Interview.FaceToFace Face-to-face focus group FocusGroup.FaceToFace Summary Summary Interview scheme and/or themes InterviewSchemeAndThemes For two interviews, only the researcher's notes are available. Detailed and specific data description in Finnish and English. The data are checked and processed in detail. If necessary, the data are anonymised. Finnish Social Science Data Archive 30 interviews in ODT format. Additionally, the data were organised into an easy to use HTML version and a CSV version. The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses. The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication. Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi. The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data. To prevent identification of participants, the researcher removed direct identifiers and strong indirect identifiers, such as organisation and location information, from the data. The data were further anonymised at FSD where necessary, and one interview was completely removed from the archived data due to identifiers. Changes made at FSD were marked with [[double square brackets]]. FSD3487 Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database: Survey on User Needs 2018 Wessman, Anna, Suzie Thomas, Ville Rohiola, Mikko Koho, Esko Ikkala, Jouni Tuominen, Eero Hyvönen, Jutta Kuitunen, Helinä Parviainen, Marianna Niukkanen. 2019. Citizen Science in Archaeology: Developing a Collaborative Web Service for Archaeological Finds in Finland. In J. Jameson and S. Musteata (eds) Transforming Heritage Practice in the 21st Century: Contributions from Community Archaeology. Springer. pp. 337-352 Citizen Science in Archaeology: Developing a Collaborative Web Service for Archaeological Finds in Finland More information about the Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database (SuALT) project on the project's blog. The blog contains information on, for instance, different parts of the project and the group of researchers, and a list of publications related to the project.