DIGITAL MEDIA IN MUSEUMS: A PERSONAL HISTORY

Selma Thomas

Chapter 9 in Digital Heritage and Culture:Strategy and Implementation, 2014, pp 119-129 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: While digital media is a relatively new medium, interactive technologies (originally based on a combination of analog and digital media) have been available to, and actively used by cultural institutions for many decades. Specifically, interactive technology has played a significant role in museum exhibitions, since the late 1980s. For this reason, the world of museums is a convenient microcosm in which to examine the transformative role of digital media on such essential factors as mission, operations and public programs. Furthermore, a brief summary of this history can provide some insights to contemporary practitioners and scholars on the development of both a strategy and an implementation policy in developing a digital heritage ecosystem.…

Keywords: Digitalization; Digital Heritage; Figital Culture; Museology; Museum; Virtual Collection; Mobile; Outreach; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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