Museums in a digital age /

Museums in a digital age / edited by Ross Parry. - xviii, 478 pages ; 26 cm. - Leicester readers in museum studies . - Leicester readers in museum studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Practice of Digital Heritage and the Heritage of Digital Practice / Information: Data, Structure and Meaning -- Introduction to Part One / A Brief History of Museum Computerization / The Changing Role of Information Professionals in Museums / What is Information in the Museum Context? / The World of (Almost) Unique Objects / Standards for Networked Cultural Heritage / Database as Symbolic Form / The Museum as Information Utility / Museum Collections, Documentation and Shifting Knowledge Paradigms / Semantic Dissonance: do we need (and do we understand) the semantic web? / Building a Universal Digital Memory / Space: Visits, Virtuality and Distance -- Introduction to Part Two / On the Origins of the Virtual Museum / From Malraux's Imaginary Museum to the Virtual Museum / Virtual Spaces and Museums / The Virtual Visit: towards a new concept for the electronic science centre / Empowering the Remote Visitor: supporting socialmuseum experiences among local and remote visitors / Museums Outside Walls: mobile phones and the museum in the everyday / Access: Ability, Usability and Connectivity -- Introduction to Part Three / Access to Digital Heritage in Africa: bridging the digital divide / My Dream of an Accessible Web Culture for Disabled People / My Dream of an Accessible Web Culture for Disabled People: a re-evaluation / Implementing a Holistic Approach to E-Learning Accessibility / Usability Evaluation for Museum Websites / Culture as a Driver of Innovation / Interpretation: Communication, Interactivity and Learning -- Introduction to Part Four / The Web and the Unassailable Voice / When the Object is Digital: properties of digital surrogate objects and implications for learning / Learning by Doing and Learning Through Play: an exploration of interactivity in virtual environments for children / Interactivity and Collaboration: new forms of participation in museums, galleries and science centres / Visitors' Use of Computer Exhibits: findings from five gruelling years of watching visitors getting it wrong / Object: Authenticity, Authority and Trust -- Introduction to Part Five / Museums and Virtuality / When All You've Got is 'The Real Thing': museums and authenticity in the networked world / Authenticity and Integrity in the Digital Environment: an exploratory analysis of the central role of trust / Why Museums Matter / Defining the Problem of Our Vanishing Memory: background, current status, models for resolution / Curating New Media / Delivery: Production, Evaluation and Sustainability -- Introduction to Part Six / Managing New Technology Projects in Museums and Galleries / Rationale for Digitization and Preservation / 'speaking for Themselves': new media and 'Making the Modern World' / The Evaluation of Museum Multim edia Applications: lessons from research / A Survey on Digital Cultural Heritage Initiatives and Their Sustainability Concerns / Futures: Priorities, Approaches and Aspirations -- Introduction to Part Seven / Making the Total Museum Possible / Museums in the Information Era: cultural connectors of time and space / The Shape of Things to Come: museums in the technological landscape / Digital Heritage and the Rise of Theory in Museum Computing / Ross Parry -- Ross Parry -- David Williams -- Andrew Roberts -- Elizabeth Orna, Charles Pettitt -- Robert Chenhall, David Vance -- David Bearman -- Lev Manovich -- George F. MacDonald MacDonald, George F. And Stephen Alsford -- Fiona Cameron -- Ross Parry, Nick Poole, Jon Pratty -- Pierre Levy -- Ross Parry -- Erkki Huhtamo -- Antonio M. Battro -- Andrea Bandelli -- Roland Jackson -- Areti Galani, Matthew Chalmers -- Konstantinos Arvanitis -- Ross Parry -- Lorna Abungu -- Kevin Carey -- Kevin Carey -- Brian Kelly, Lawrie Phipps, Caro Howell -- Daniel Cunliffe, Efmorphia Kritou, Douglas Tudhope -- Ranjit Makkuni -- Ross Parry -- Peter Walsh -- Olivia C. Frost -- Maria Roussou -- Christian Heath, Dirk Vom Lehn Vom Lehn, Dirk -- Ben Gammon -- Ross Parry -- Klaus Muller -- Jennifer Trant -- Clifford Lynch -- Marc Pachter -- Peter Lyman, Howard Besser -- Matthew Gansallo -- Ross Parry -- Matthew Stiff -- Paul Conway -- Frank Colson, Jean Colson -- Maria Economou -- Diane M. Zorich -- Ross Parry -- Tomislav Sola -- Manuel Castells -- Simon J. Knell -- Ross Parry. 1. Part 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Part 2. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Part 3. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Part 4. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. Part 5. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. Part 6. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. Part 7. 40. 41. 42. 43.

0415402611 9780415402613 041540262X 9780415402620

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Museums--Technological innovations
Cultural property--Digitization
Digital media
Digital preservation
Museums--Data processing
Museums--Collection management
Museums--Curatorship

AM7 / .M88524 2010

069.0285

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