Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Publications
The Museum and the Media Divide
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2005
Journal Title
D-Lib Magazine
ISSN
1082-9873
Volume
11
Issue
5
Abstract
By digitizing physical holdings, museums have an important opportunity to provide patrons unprecedented access to manifold media. Digitization of existing collections, which is the museum's form of the content creation problem, is a crucial and technically challenging step in continuing to narrow the digital divide between the patron's desire for rich multi-media information and what the museum actually provides. We present a case study of the issues involved in executing a digital content creation program in partnership with the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena. We focus on the challenges involved in acquiring, organizing and accessing the collections to make them meaningfully available within typical budgetary and technical constraints.
Keywords
Museums, digitization
Recommended Citation
Seales, W. Brent and Landon, George V., "The Museum and the Media Divide" (2005). Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Publications. 399.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/engineering_and_computer_science_publications/399
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