Aineiston nimi

Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database: Survey on User Needs 2018

Aineistonumero

FSD3487

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3487

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Wessman, Anna (University of Helsinki. Institute for Cultural Research)

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey charted user needs and expectations 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 interview data collected for the project after the survey are also archived at FSD (dataset FSD3486 Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database: Interviews on User Needs 2018-2019). The two datasets include some of the same respondents, but they cannot be connected between the datasets.

First, the respondents were asked whether they had reported archaeological finds to the Finnish Heritage Agency before and if they had, how many finds they had reported. Additionally, the respondents' experiences and knowledge of both national and international databases were examined. The respondents' expectations for the FindSampo database were surveyed next with questions on, for example, in which languages they though people should be able to report finds, whether they hoped the database would be able to help them identify and date their discoveries or other people's finds, and whether they hoped they could use the database to compare material from Finland with similar data from other countries.

Next, views on user roles and types were charted. The respondents were asked whether they thought levels of access should vary based on different user roles, which user types they thought would be useful for the database (e.g. amateur archaeologists or historians, museum professionals, students), and whether they thought roles and statuses should differ between users in Finland and abroad. Motivations for using the database were surveyed with questions on the potential issues that would prevent the respondents from using the database, what opportunities or features would encourage or convince them to use it, and what their own motivations for using the database might be. Finally, the respondents' opinions on the possible features of the database were surveyed with questions on how important they thought various features were for user experience (e.g. and FAQ page, a general blog, possibility to upload pictures, personal profile, monthly competitions, or mobile application).

Background variables included the respondent's role, age, education, gender, country of residence, and NUTS3 region of residence (if resided in Finland).

Asiasanat

archaeological objects; archaeology; development; hobbies; information services; museums

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Humanities (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Information society (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Cultural activities and participation (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Leisure, tourism and sport (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Kerääjät

• University of Helsinki. Institute for Cultural Research

Ajallinen kattavuus

2018

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2018-01-30 – 2018-03-24

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Future users of the FindSampo database in Finland and abroad: enthusiasts (e.g. metal detectorists, amateur historians, archaeology enthusiasts), archaeologists (students, researchers), and professionals in the museum sector who work with archaeological material or in protecting the archaeological cultural heritage

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Non-probability: Availability

Non-probability: Purposive

The link to the questionnaire was widely shared through mailing lists, the social media channels of the project (blog, Facebook and Twitter), and a Facebook page for metal detectorists. Additionally, the researcher contacted some occupational groups personally to ensure that all future user groups of the database were included as respondents.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Datan versio

1.0

Katso myös

FSD3486 Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database: Interviews on User Needs 2018-2019

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

There are two respondent groups in the dataset (people who responded to the Finnish questionnaire and people who responded to the English questionnaire). The respondent groups can be differentiated with the 'kysely' variable.

To prevent identification of respondents, variable 'ammatti' denoting the respondent's occupation was removed from the data and variable q6_1 denoting the respondent's region/municipality of residence was categorised into NUTS3 regions. Additionally, the open-ended responses were reviewed and, if necessary, any identifiers were removed or coarsened (e.g. location information, occupation). Changes made at FSD were marked with [square brackets].

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

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.

Malliviittaus

Wessman, Anna (University of Helsinki): Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database: Survey on User Needs 2018 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2021-08-05). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3487

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Julkaisut aineistosta

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

Wessman, Anna & Thomas, Suzie & Rohiola, Ville & Kuitunen, Jutta & Ikkala, Esko & Koho, Mikko & Hyvönen, Eero (2019). A Citizen Science Approach to Archaeology: Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database (SuALT). In C. Navarretta, M. Agirrezabal & B. Maegaard (eds) (2019). Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries : Proceedings of the Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries 4th Conference . CEUR Workshop Proceedings, no. 2364, pp. 469-478. Copenhagen. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/303221