Managing Digital Cultural Objects

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Analysis, discovery and retrieval

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Managing Digital Cultural Objects explores the analysis, interpretation, discovery, and retrieval of diverse non-textual digital materials such as images, music, and moving images. Featuring contributions from leading experts, the book covers the theoretical and academic dimensions of digital cultural documentation while addressing both technical and strategic challenges in cultural heritage projects, digital asset management, and sustainability. It draws on fields like information retrieval, library and information science, digital preservation, digital humanities, cultural theory, media studies, and art history, emphasising an interdisciplinary approach vital for today’s digital landscape. Topics include managing and searching digital cultural objects, data modelling, social media as a historical source, digital preservation of audio, and film retrieval on the web.
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This book is ideal for Masters and PhD students developing innovative research in digital cultural object management, as well as professionals and practitioners working in digital heritage, digital asset management, and related fields.

This edited collection explores the analysis and interpretation, discovery and retrieval of a variety of non-textual objects.

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This book explores the analysis and interpretation, discovery, and retrieval of a variety of non-textual objects, including images, music, and moving images.

Bringing together chapters written by leading experts in the field, this book provides an overview of the theoretical and academic aspects of digital cultural documentation and considers both technical and strategic issues relating to cultural heritage projects, digital asset management, and sustainability.

Managing Digital Cultural Objects: Analysis, discovery and retrieval draws from disciplines including information retrieval, library and information science (LIS), digital preservation, digital humanities, cultural theory, digital media studies, and art history. It's argued that this multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach is both necessary and useful in the age of the ubiquitous and mobile Web.

Key topics covered include:

Managing, searching, and finding digital cultural objects
Data modelling for analysis, discovery, and retrieval
Social media data as a historical source
Visual digital humanities
Digital preservation of audio content
Searching and creating affinities in web music collections
Film retrieval on the web

Readership: The book will provide inspiration for students seeking to develop creative and innovative research projects at Masters and PhD levels and will be essential reading for those studying digital cultural object management as well as practitioners in the field.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781856049412

Publisher: Facet Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 July 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Facet Publishing

Contributors:

Edited by Allen Foster
Edited by Pauline Rafferty

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 179g

Pages: 224

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Allen Foster has a BA in Social History, a Master's in Information Management and a PhD in Information Science. As Reader in Information Science, he has held various roles, including Head of Department for Information Studies, at Aberystwyth University. His research interest areas span the research process of Master's and PhD students, the development of models for information behaviour and serendipity, and user experience of information systems, creativity and information retrieval. He has guest edited for several journal special issues, is a regional editor for The Electronic Library and is a member of journal editorial boards, international panels and conference committees.

Dr Pauline Rafferty MA(Hons) MSc MCLIP is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Teaching and Learning at the Department of Information Studies, Aberystwyth University. She previously taught at the Department of Information Science, City University London, and in the School of Information Studies and Department of Media and Communication at the University of Central England, Birmingham.