1998
@inproceedings{MaS1998,
vgclass = {refpap},
vgproject = {cbir},
author = {Marjo Markkula and Eero Sormunen},
title = {Searching for Photos - Journalists' Practices in Pictorial
{IR}},
editor = {J. P. Eakins and D. J. Harper and J. Jose},
booktitle = {The Challenge of Image Retrieval, A Workshop and Symposium on Image Retrieval},
address = {Newcastle upon Tyne},
series = {Electronic Workshops in Computing},
publisher = {The British Computer Society},
month = {5--6~February},
year = {1998},
abstract = {This paper reports the results of a field study on
journalists' practices in requesting, searching for and selecting
photos in the course of their daily work. The study addresses different
types of search topics common in journalistic illustration tasks,
journalists' searching behaviour and the criteria they apply in
selecting photos. Data were collected by observing journalists in
their work and interviewing them. A sample of requests received by the
archive was also analysed.
The results indicate that specific needs dominate the use of newspaper
photo archives. Photos of objects, themes, or abstract topics expressed
in general terms were also needed, but finding them and formulating
queries in these cases especially was considered problematic. The
results suggest that browsing is an essential strategy in accessing
digital photo archives. Journalists tend to browse but the present
archive systems support browsing poorly. The paper concludes with
suggestions for the improvement of end-user access to photo archives.
The possible applications of current feature-based indexing and
retrieval methods in the newspaper photo archive are discussed in the
light of the results.},
}