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Archives in the Digital Age
Standards, Policies and Tools
A perfect tool for archivists that provides detailed analyses on how metadata and standards are used to manage archival material
Lina Bountouri (Author)
9781843347774, Elsevier Science
Paperback / softback, published 5 June 2017
108 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 0.9 cm, 0.19 kg
Archives in the Digital Age: Standards, Policies and Tools discusses semantic web technologies and their increased usage in distributing archival material. The book is a useful manual for archivists and information specialists working in cultural heritage institutions, including archives, libraries, and museums, providing detailed analyses of how metadata and standards are used to manage archival material, and how this material is disseminated through the web using the Internet, the semantic web, and social media technologies. Following an introduction from the author, the book is divided into five sections that explore archival description, digitization, the preservation of archives, the promotion of archival material through social media, and current trends in archival science.
1. Archival description2. Archival management software3. Digitization4. Digital preservation5. Promoting archival material in the Social Web6. Archival integration and dissemination: The trends7. Archival information sources: A survival’s kit
Subject Areas: Library, archive & information management [GLC], Library & information sciences [GL]