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Dissertation Information for Brian Clark O'Connor

NAME:
- Brian Clark O'Connor
- (Alias) Brian O'Connor

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- University of California, Berkeley (USA) (1984)

ADVISORS:
- Patrick Wilson

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Mary Kay Duggan
- Bertrand Augst

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: ACCESS TO FILM AND VIDEO WORKS: SURROGATES FOR MOVING IMAGE DOCUMENTS

Abstract: The impetus for conducting an inquiry into access to film and video works lies in the differences between these documents and the print linguistic works which have formed the bulk of document collections and around which most procedures for access have been developed. Images bear a different relationship to objects and events than do words and the manner in which moving image documents communicate differs from the way strings of words communicate. Also, the physical nature of moving image documents raises difficulties; the MID is difficult to flip through and to inspect in a manner analogous to a book or journal being considered for relevance.

The aim of this study is to fashion a model for a moving image document surrogate to facilitate user selection of the most appropriate film/video work for a particular use. Such a surrogate is intended to enable a user to bring to a MID collection the habits of scrutiny characteristic of the selection and critical use of print linguistic works.

Section One examines characteristics of moving image documents, of MID makers, and of potential users, then considers the relationships among these. Section Two examines current means of access to moving image documents and considers what functions of the proposed multi-function surrogate these serve. Section Three examines issues of representing and describing moving image documents which are made up of several concurrent strands of sequential phenomena and which are intended to be ephemeral.

The use of photographic reproductions and description practices common to makers of moving image documents are proposed as the primary components of the surrogate graphic record, so that users might have capabilities of scrutiny similar to those of the makers. Other aspects of description and collection partitioning are suggested. The proposed surrogate is seen as a system for achieving an individual, more "book-like" utilization of film and video documents.

MPACT Scores for Brian Clark O'Connor

A = 55
C = 33
A+C = 88
T = 57
G = 2
W = 55
TD = 56
TA = 1
calculated 2017-04-10 21:38:02

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