{"product_id":"cultural-heritage-information-9781856049306","title":"Cultural Heritage Information","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book provides an overview of various challenges and contemporary research activities in cultural heritage information, focusing particularly on the cultural heritage content types, their characteristics, and digitisation challenges. It also explores cultural heritage content organisation and access issues, users and usability, as well as various policy and sustainability issues associated with digital cultural heritage information systems and services.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCultural Heritage Information\u003c\/i\u003e, the first book in the peer-reviewed \u003ci\u003ei-Research\u003c\/i\u003e series, contains eleven chapters contributed by seventeen leading academics from six countries. The book begins with an introductory chapter that offers a brief overview of digital cultural heritage information, with subsequent chapters addressing specific issues and research activities within this topic. The chapters are ordered to progress from policies and infrastructures, through considerations of interaction, access, and objects, to concrete system implementations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book concludes by considering sustainability issues, in the broadest sense, necessary to maximise the availability and longevity of our digital cultural heritage. The key topics covered are:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eManaging digital cultural heritage information\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eDigital humanities and digital cultural heritage (alt-history and future directions)\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eManagement of cultural heritage information: policies and practices\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eCultural heritage information: artefacts and digitisation technologies\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eMetadata in cultural contexts – from manga to digital archives in linked open data environment\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eManaging cultural heritage: information systems architecture\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eCultural heritage information users and usability\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eA framework for classifying and comparing interactions in cultural heritage information systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSemantic access and exploration in cultural heritage digital libraries\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSupporting exploration and use of digital cultural heritage materials: the PATHS perspective\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eCultural heritage information services: sustainability issues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership\u003c\/b\u003e: This will be essential reading for researchers in Information Science, specifically in the areas of digital libraries, digital humanities, and digital culture. It will also be useful for practitioners and students in these areas who want to understand the different research issues and challenges and learn how they have been addressed over the course of various research projects in these fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605553955052,"sku":"9781856049306","price":177.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781856049306-cultural-heritage-information.jpg?v=1778131553","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/cultural-heritage-information-9781856049306","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}