.../methodology/approach A qualitative design was applied to investigate the attitudes and experiences of information professionals working in libraries, archives and records management institutions, museums and public galleries. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with thirteen participants...

... printed and digital, are no longer being adequately recorded. Practical implications This paper suggests that in Devon, the museum sector may be a more appropriate home for local studies’ library provision than are archive services. Social implications Volunteers in libraries, museums and archives...

... on the individual mandates of the library, archive and museum domains. The book presents preservation management in a form that spans these domains; issues such as prioritising the artefact or the information in a preservation paradigm are sympathetically (albeit briefly) addressed. The second part...

... into the marketing mix which includes the 4 Ps of marketing (price, product, promotion and place) as a business tool to create effective marketing plans. The book expands on each point by using examples from various memory institutions, such as The Denver Public Library, The Florida Museum of Natural History...

... in Australia” present strengths and weaknesses of funding options for digital projects in Australia. Cheryl Klimaszewski and James M. Nyce in “Toward a study of ‘unofficial’ museums” give a description of private museums in Romania, but digital collections are not included. Part five, “Technology...

...Brenda Chawner Libraries Archives Museums Metadata Linked data In 2001, Tim Berners-Lee introduced the concept of the “Semantic Web”. This was a vision of the Web where structured data, rather than text or images, were made available for reuse by other organisations. More recently...

... Publishing Limited 2014 --> Information management Museums Librarianship Archives management Archives Metadata The Metadata Manual: A Practical Workbook presents a concise guide to some of the basic concepts of and practices with metadata. This practical manual...

...Margot Note Graham   Matthews , Yvonne   Smith and Gemma   Knowles . Disaster Management in Archives, Libraries and Museums . London : Ashgate Publishing   2009 . 244 pp.   $99.95 (hbk) , ISBN: 978 0 7546 7273 9 The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the 2002...

... in libraries, where the goal to reach as many people as possible is very important. This paper suggests that the returns on the local investment are incredibly important to the global missions of libraries. In their overview of library/museum collaboration in the USA and England, Hannah Gibson, Anne Morris...

...Patricia Layzell Ward Juris   Dilevko and Lisa   Gottlieb . The Evolution of Library and Museum Partnerships: Historical Antecedents, Contemporary Manifestations, and Future Directions . Westport, CT London : Libraries Unlimited   2004 . 246 pp.   $45.00 , ISBN: 1‐59158...

...Jane Barton Purpose This paper provides an overview of activities in the field of virtual museums and considers a number of issues for which there are parallels in the field of digital libraries. Design/methodology/approach Using a range of illustrative examples, we attempt to determine what...

...Sidsel Hindal; Elin Harriet Wyller This paper describes a new unitary organization, set up for the purpose of developing and coordinating the resources in libraries, museums and archives in Norway. First, we give a brief introduction to the main aims for archives, libraries and museums as we view...

...Peter Scott Summarizes the goals of the e‐tlas conference and goes on the examine the recommendations of the various working groups. Suggests that information obtained at the conference could be implemented in libraries and museums. Working Group 1. The agenda for change: intellectual...

...Siam Kim Lim Looks at the National Heritage Board (NHB) in Singapore and how it deals with the development of national museums and their archives. Examines the early years of the NHB and its attempts to attract new audiences; then looks at how the digital world is used in archives and museums...

...Stuart James Part 1 discusses basic principles from the theoretical underpinning of information as a concept within the museum context, through strategy, to the installation and running of an appropriate system. The chapters themselves are clearly organised, full of sub‐headings (listed...