1. Getaneh Alemu (PhD Candidate) Supervisors: Dr Brett Stevens, Dr Penny Ross, and Jane Chandler British Computer Society (BCS) Doctoral Consortium London May 16 th 2013 School of Creative Technologies

2. (Alemu, Stevens, Ross, & Chandler, 2012; Anderson, Delve, Pinchbeck, & Alemu, 2009; Coyle, 2010; Andersen & Skouvig, 2006; Day, 2001; Gartner, 2008; Lagoze, 2010; Nilsson, 2010; NISO, 2004; OCLC/RLG, 2001; Shirky, 2005; Veltman, 2001; Weinberger, 2005, 2007; Wright, 2007; Zeng & Qin, 2008)

3. (O'Reilly, 2005)

4. Alemu, G., Stevens, B., Ross, P. (2012) Towards a conceptual framework for user-driven semantic metadata interoperability in digital libraries: A social constructivist approach. New Library World. 113 (1/2), 38-54

5. Alemu, G., B. Stevens, P. Ross. (2012) Semantic metadata interoperability in digital libraries: a constructivist grounded theory approach. Bulletin of IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries. 8(1).

6.  Open-ended  Exploratory  11 in-depth interviews

8. Study No. Interviewees Study Total NumberEducational Level Sub- total Study-One: Proof-of-Concept Exploration11 LIS MSc Students8 LIS PhD Student1 LIS Lecturers2 Study-Two: LIS Professionals 21 Librarians10 LIS Researchers5 LIS Lecturers2 Metadata Consultants4 Study Three: Novice Library Users25 Under-graduate Students (BSc., BA)4 Post-graduate Students (MA, MSc)4 Post-graduate Students (PhD)6 Lecturers (Other than LIS)11 Total Number of Interviewees57