Personal video collection management behavior

Abstract

Video content typically consumes more storage space and bandwidth than other document types although users structure their content with the same organisational tools they use for smaller and simpler items. We analyze the "native" video management behavior as expressed in 35 self-interviews and diary studies produced by New Zealand students, to create a "rich picture" of personal video collections. We see that personal collections can have diffuse boundaries and many different intended users' and that these information management needs are difficult to fulfill with their homegrown video collection management strategies.