Assessing the MaDiH CKAN catalogue as an engagement tool for the Jordanian cultural heritage community

TY - JOUR

T1 - Assessing the MaDiH CKAN catalogue as an engagement tool for the Jordanian cultural heritage community

AU - Mubaideen, Shatha

AU - Flohr, Pascal

AU - Smithies, James

AU - Bala’awi, Fadi

AU - Palmer, Carol

AU - Idwan, Sahar

AU - Esposito, Alessandra

N1 - Funding Information: The MaDiH (مديح): Mapping Digital Cultural Heritage in Jordan project was funded by the Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development in Jordan AHRC Newton/Khalidi call. Ref. AH/S011722/1. Publisher Copyright: © Council for British Research in the Levant 2022.

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - MaDiH (Mapping Digital Cultural Heritage in Jordan) was a two-year UK-Jordanian project that aimed to identify essential systems, datasets and standards to contribute to the long-term sustainable development of Jordan’s digital cultural heritage. The project launched an online catalogue and prototype repository using the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) platform to present the collected data that was produced by the local and international research community on Jordan’s cultural heritage. This paper assesses the usability of the MaDiH CKAN catalogue using qualitative and quantitative methods. A thorough analysis of the project’s user engagement activities and online presence was undertaken to identify current and potential future uses of the CKAN catalogue by its research community. The preliminary analysis indicated that the largest user group were mid-senior to senior academics/professionals from the cultural heritage sector. Therefore, representatives of this group were selected for further usability analysis through semi-structured online interviews, in order to validate the research outcomes and get deeper insights into the research domain. The findings offer significant insights for similar digital cultural heritage initiatives in Jordan, as well as recommendations for the future development of the MaDiH CKAN catalogue as a National Heritage Portal repository.

AB - MaDiH (Mapping Digital Cultural Heritage in Jordan) was a two-year UK-Jordanian project that aimed to identify essential systems, datasets and standards to contribute to the long-term sustainable development of Jordan’s digital cultural heritage. The project launched an online catalogue and prototype repository using the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) platform to present the collected data that was produced by the local and international research community on Jordan’s cultural heritage. This paper assesses the usability of the MaDiH CKAN catalogue using qualitative and quantitative methods. A thorough analysis of the project’s user engagement activities and online presence was undertaken to identify current and potential future uses of the CKAN catalogue by its research community. The preliminary analysis indicated that the largest user group were mid-senior to senior academics/professionals from the cultural heritage sector. Therefore, representatives of this group were selected for further usability analysis through semi-structured online interviews, in order to validate the research outcomes and get deeper insights into the research domain. The findings offer significant insights for similar digital cultural heritage initiatives in Jordan, as well as recommendations for the future development of the MaDiH CKAN catalogue as a National Heritage Portal repository.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85132299478

U2 - 10.1080/00758914.2022.2070233

DO - 10.1080/00758914.2022.2070233

M3 - Article

VL - 54

SP - 277

EP - 284

JO - Bulletin of the Council for British Research in the Levant

JF - Bulletin of the Council for British Research in the Levant

IS - 2

ER -