TY - BOOK ID - 14299944 TI - eCulture : cultural content in the digital age PY - 2008 SN - 3540752730 9786612038174 1282038176 3540752765 PB - Berlin ; London : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Archival materials --Digitization. KW - Cultural property --Protection. KW - Digital preservation. KW - Information technology --Social aspects. KW - Virtual museums. KW - Virtual museums KW - Cultural property KW - Archival materials KW - Digital preservation KW - Information technology KW - History & Archaeology KW - General KW - Museum Publications KW - History - General KW - Protection KW - Digitization KW - Social aspects KW - Digitization. KW - Protection. KW - Social aspects. KW - Cyber museums KW - Cyberspace museums KW - Digital museums KW - Electronic museums KW - Hypermedia museums KW - Meta-museums KW - On-line museums KW - Online museums KW - Web museums KW - Preservation of digital information KW - Digitalization of archival materials KW - Digitization of archival materials KW - Culture KW - Cultural heritage. KW - Library science. KW - Application software. KW - Computers and civilization. KW - Cultural and Media Studies. KW - Cultural Heritage. KW - Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet). KW - Library Science. KW - Computer Applications. KW - Computers and Society. KW - Study and teaching. KW - Museums KW - Computer files KW - Digital curation KW - Digital media KW - Electronic preservation KW - Preservation of materials KW - Cultural property, Protection of KW - Cultural resources management KW - Cultural policy KW - Historic preservation KW - Conservation and restoration KW - Preservation KW - Government policy KW - Computer science. KW - Informatics KW - Science KW - Librarianship KW - Library economy KW - Bibliography KW - Documentation KW - Information science KW - Cultural heritage KW - Cultural patrimony KW - Cultural resources KW - Heritage property KW - National heritage KW - National patrimony KW - National treasure KW - Patrimony, Cultural KW - Treasure, National KW - Property KW - World Heritage areas KW - Civilization and computers KW - Civilization KW - Application computer programs KW - Application computer software KW - Applications software KW - Apps (Computer software) KW - Computer software UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14299944 AB - Do virtual museums really provide added value to end-users, or do they just contribute to the abundance of images? Does the World Wide Web save endangered cultural heritage, or does it foster a society with less variety? How can information technology help to preserve the diversity of cultures in our fast-changing world? These are the questions that are raised and answered in this book, the result of a long path across the digital heritage landscape. Alfredo M. Ronchi, Secretary of the EC MEDICI Cooperation Framework, gives a broad overview of eCulture and digital heritage. His presentation is divided into three main sections: the first one devoted to the main issues and general guidelines, the second to technological fundamentals and the main solutions, and the third to applications and services, including a wide range of case studies. Starting from the basics the reader will be introduced to virtual museums issues and achievements, cataloguing, digitizing, publishing, and sustainable exploitation of cultural content, all exemplified by real-world case studies and applications. Taking into account more than 15 years of experience and results in digital cultural content research, the author provides a comprehensive view on issues and achievements in digital collections and cultural content for "memory institutions", developers of digital content and digital libraries, cultural content managers, publishers, librarians, and museum curators. ER -