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Recoding the museum : digital heritage and the technologies of change / Ross Parry.

Title
Recoding the museum : digital heritage and the technologies of change / Ross Parry.
Author
Parry, Ross
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

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Description
xv, 166 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
Through an historical approach, this book excavates cultural assumptions and values that provide the basis of museum information management and display. It also analyzes digitization techniques, database management, virtual reality and hypermedia.
Series Statement
Museum meanings
Uniform Title
Museum meanings
Subject
  • Museums > Data processing
  • Museums > Technological innovations
  • Museums > Information technology
  • Museums > Curatorship
  • Museums > Philosophy
  • Virtual museums
  • Digital media
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-161) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Museum/computer: a history of disconnect? -- From the 'day book' to the 'data bank': the beginnings of museum computing -- Disaggregating the collection -- Recalibrating authenticity -- Rescripting the visit -- Rewriting the narrative -- Reorganising production -- Computers and compatibility.
ISBN
  • 0415353874 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9780415353878 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0415353882 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780415353885 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 020334748X (ebk.)
  • 9780203347485 (ebk.)
LCCN
^^2007022718
OCLC
137306059
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library