Open AccessBook Review: Managing Digital Cultural Objects: Analysis, Discovery, and Retrieval
Author(s) -
Anne Washington
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
library resources and technical services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.342
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2159-9610
pISSN - 0024-2527
DOI - 10.5860/lrts.61n3.175
Subject(s) - digitization , cultural heritage , computer science , conversation , digital collections , world wide web , digital library , data science , multimedia , sociology , history , telecommunications , archaeology , art , communication , literature , poetry
Over the past twenty years, libraries, archives, museums, and other institutions have made hundreds of thousands of digitized and born digital cultural heritage objects available online. This momentum is not likely to slow anytime soon. Digitization programs continue to convert analog media, and efforts are ramping up to procure and preserve born digital material. While discussion of technical specifications and skills to support these processes are critical, there is a growing body of research beyond these topics. Some scholars and practitioners have turned their attention towards theory, assessment, and innovative analysis and Managing Digital Cultural Objects: Analysis, Discovery, and Retrieval adds to this conversation.