Primary Research Group (in conjunction with Ogilvie Research) is conducting a survey of the use of video digitization and video-related metadata development by librarians.  The survey concerns a new technology that will be offered by a major player in the library database market that will enable libraries, colleges and museums to digitize, transcribe, catalog and distribute their institutional video content as if it were text.  Organizations will be able to take their internally generated video content --museum collection videos, courses and lectures, tutorials and training videos, special events, alumni reunions, musuem tours, library special collections, recruiting video -- and apply metadata to them so that specific search terms can retrieve specific video segments just as a Google search retrieves specific websites or a database search produces links to specific journal content. 

The survey is open to academic libraries, museums, and the library/information centers of other non-profits, including state libraries, but excluding public libraries.  The survey is not open to corporate, legal and other libraries of for-profit institutions. A summary of results pertinent to libraries will be emailed to organizations that complete the survey.

To take the survey, follow the link below:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AcademicVideoContent  

James Moses, President
Primary Research Group Inc.
www.PrimaryResearch.com

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