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Digital collections : museums and the information age

Title
Digital collections : museums and the information age / Suzanne Keene.
Author
Keene, Suzanne.
Publication
Oxford [England] ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998.

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Description
viii, 141 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Digital Collections explains clearly the concepts and technology behind museums' digital facilities, from public facing interactives to the collections databases that power collections management, access and use. It includes practical details of how to go about a successful digital media project. --
Subject
  • Museums > Collection management > Technological innovations
  • Museums > Technological innovations
  • Digital electronics
  • Museums
  • Museums
  • museums (institutions)
  • Digital electronics
  • Museums > Collection management > Technological innovations
  • Museums > Technological innovations
  • Bestandsverwaltung
  • Technische Innovation
  • Museumsbestand
  • Digitalisierung
  • Museum
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [124]-135) and index.
Contents
1. What's happening? -- 2. Electronic opportunities -- 3. Museum collections functions digitized -- 4. Building the digital collection -- 5. Standards and choice -- 6. Making multimedia: a whirlwind tour -- 7. Let's hear it from our users: design and evaluation -- 8. Digits and people -- 9. The wide, wide world -- 10. A crystal ball.
ISBN
  • 0750634561
  • 9780750634564
LCCN
98156905
OCLC
  • ocm39520475
  • 39520475
  • SCSB-737969
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library