Museums in the Online Archive of California (MOAC): Building Digital Collections Across Libraries and Museums

Chandler, Robin L.

doi:10.5210/fm.v7i5.952

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“…27 Museums in the Online Archive of California is another successful example of such efforts. 28 Similar digital collections can be found on many museums' Web sites, with or without direct support from IMLS.…”

Section: Cultural Heritage/museum Informatics Has a Non-research Emphmentioning

confidence: 95%

Electronic Publishing in Archaeology

Xia

2006

Journal of Scholarly Publishing

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Electronic publishing has currently achieved varying degrees of success in different academic disciplines. This article briefly reviews the exercise of electronic publishing in archaeology and introduces some major efforts in its development. By looking at the challenges and opportunities of these digital projects, the article attempts to pinpoint potential directions of development. An involvement of eprint repositories in supporting archaeological scholarly communication is proposed.

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Section: Cultural Heritage/museum Informatics Has a Non-research Emphmentioning

confidence: 95%

Electronic Publishing in Archaeology

Xia

2006

Journal of Scholarly Publishing

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Section: Cultural Heritage/museum Informatics Has a Non-research Emphmentioning

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Electronic Publishing in Archaeology

Xia¹

2017

The State of Scholarly Publishing

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“…Evidence for this comes, for example, from California over the last ten years or so (Chandler, 2002). It is also necessary for cultural institutions to go beyond the provision of mere databases of disparate objects and intellectual items, to create compelling navigational and learning experiences for end-users and to provide appropriate contexts for use and learning (Nickerson, 2002).…”

Section: Cross-domain Collaborationmentioning

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Collaborative working for large digitisation projects

Yeates¹,

Guy²

2006

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Purpose -To explore the effectiveness of large-scale consortia for disseminating local heritage via the web. To describe the creation of a large geographically based cultural heritage consortium in the South East of England and management lessons resulting from a major web site digitisation project. To encourage the improved sharing of experience amongst similar projects in the future. Design/methodology/approach -A selective literature review seeking lessons on sustainable cultural heritage collaboration is presented. The composition of a consortium set-up with public lottery funding to build a cross-domain collaborative public web site containing cultural heritage materials from many local authorities and local partners is described. Practical experiences from the first three years of collaboration are presented in a manner loosely based on the European Union Digitisation Policies Benchmarking Model. Findings -Staff in local government libraries, archives and museums have, until recently, lacked experience in major web site publishing and even in the basic digitisation of locally held heritage materials. Local governments in England have traditionally co-operated within the library or museum sectors, but not across the whole domain. New communication methods and a formally structured consortium have so far enabled the collaborative publication of a major web site allowing cross-searching of partner materials as well as access to individual sites. More importantly, staff have begun to understand how to proceed in a sustainable way to support the future development of more sophisticated digital primary and learning resources that are preserved for the future and yet accessible to many more people. Practical implications -The paper notes the importance of shared values, common objectives and a practical approach to collaborative service delivery. It also highlights the challenges in situations where operational staff have multiple responsibilities and project staff may be available only while external short-term funding lasts. It is suggested that encouraging the documentation of operational experiences and sharing skills through a large-scale formal consortium can support sustainable development.Originality/value -The consortium described hopes to form a major part of the future framework for digital cultural heritage services in the South East of England. This paper offers a rare, reflective contribution from experienced, operational service practitioners who have completed a three-five year digitisation programme offering free public access to materials that serve to support and disseminate local and regional identity.

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Museums in the Online Archive of California (MOAC): Building Digital Collections Across Libraries and Museums

Cited by 10 publications

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Electronic Publishing in Archaeology

Electronic Publishing in Archaeology

Electronic Publishing in Archaeology

Collaborative working for large digitisation projects

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