Digital Applications for Cultural and Heritage Institutions

Contents: Introduction and international overview, James Hemsley, Vito Cappellini and Gerd Stanke. Part 1 Strategic Developments: DigiCULT: unlocking the value of Europe's cultural heritage sector, Andrea M. Mulrein; Culture as a driving force for research and technology development: a decade's experience of Canada's NRC 3D technology, J. Taylor, J.-A. Beraldin, G. Godin, R. Baribeau, L. Cournoyer, P. Boulanger, M. Rioux and J. Domey; The information society and technology (IST) in Russian culture: strategic review and new initiatives, Nadezda V. Brakker and Leonid A. Kujbyshev. Part 2 Cooperative Projects ArchTerra: an EU project to promote cultural cooperation among Eastern and Western European archaeological communities, Nuccia Negroni Catacchio, Laura Guidetti, Giovanni Meloni and Maurizio Camnasio; CHIMER - a cultural heritage application for 3G environment developed by European children, Romana Krizova; The German-Japanese project for virtual reconstruction of two valuable destroyed buildings, Anne Griepentrog, Alfred Iwainsky and Jan Jordan. Part 3 Recreating and Preserving the Past: German historical buildings in 3D: from cathedral to synagogue and Jewish quarter, Falk Krebs and Edgar BrA1/4ck: Image -based object reconstruction and visualization for inventory of cultural heritage, Jana Visnovcova, Armin Gruen and Li Zhang; A virtual open air museum in three dimensions in Latvia, Edvins Snore; The virtual Dead Sea Scrolls and the electronic art garden, Susan Hazan; The production of conservation facsimiles: the tomb of Seti I, Adam Lowe. Part 4 Digital Archiving Digital image picture archives: theory and practice in Switzerland, Rudolf Gschwind, Lukas Rosenthaler, Roger Schnider, Franziska Frey and Jeanette Frey; Museum and archive software for the BMW corporate archives , Wolfgang Mueller; The ICCD catalogue's general information system: a tool for knowledge, preservation and valorization national cultural heritage, Maria Luisa Polichetti. Part 5 Design, retrieval and protection The Cleveland special exhibitions tool - an elegant solution to a common requirement, Ben Rubinstein and Holly Witchey; Prometheus: the distributed digital image for research and academic teaching, Sigrid Ruby and Ute Verstegen; HITITE: IST-2000-28484: the heritage illustrated thesaurus: an on-line resource for monument identification, Phil Carlisle; An approach to adding value while recording historic gardens and landscapes (Valhalla), John Counsell; Copyright protection and exploitation of digital cultural heritage, Dimitrios K. Tsolis, George K. Tsolis, Emmanouil G. Karatzas, Dimitrios A Koutsomitropoulos and Theodore S. Papatheodorou; Protection of Inellectual property: a must in digital content exploitation, Jean Barda and Claude Rollin. Part 6 Special Needs: On- line access to cultural and educational resources for disabled people: an international challenge, Marcus Weisen; Web access to cultural heritage for the disabled, Jonathan P. Bowen; Accessible internet applications: principles and guidelines, Beate Schulte and Ulrike Peter; Evaluating websites for accessibility, Brigitte Bornemann-Jeske; Breaking down barriers - electronic aids for non-speaking people, Jochen Scherer. Part 7 Interactive Realities and Future Possibilities: New media art and the contemporary museum environment: a case study based on the NMPFT's award-winning gallery, Malcolm Ferris; MuseumNet: reactivity - a new application metaphor, Alessandro Mecocci; Design of a hand-held interactive support for museum visitors, C. Ciavarella and F PaternA (2); The impact of Haptic 'touching' technology on cultural applications, Stephen Brewster; The Gulliver project: performers and visitors, Anton Nijholt. Part 8 Conclusions and Future Trends: Conclusions and future trends, James Hemsley,Vito Cappellini and Gerd Stanke; Index.