Museum Informatics
People, Information, and Technology in Museums
1st Edition
Published on 7. January 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
358 pages
978-0-415-80218-5 (ISBN)
Description
Museum Informatics explores the sociotechnical issues that arise when people, information, and technology interact in museums. It is designed specifically to address the many challenges faced by museums, museum professionals, and museum visitors in the information society. It examines not only applications of new technologies in museums, but how advances in information science and technology have changed the very nature of museums, both what it is to work in one, and what it is to visit one.
To explore these issues, Museum Informatics offers a selection of contributed chapters, written by leading museum researchers and practitioners, each covering significant themes or concepts fundamental to the study of museum informatics and providing practical examples and detailed case studies useful for museum researchers and professionals. In this way, Museum Informatics offers a fresh perspective on the sociotechnical interactions that occur between people, information, and technology in museums, presented in a format accessible to multiple audiences, including researchers, students, museum professionals, and museum visitors.
To explore these issues, Museum Informatics offers a selection of contributed chapters, written by leading museum researchers and practitioners, each covering significant themes or concepts fundamental to the study of museum informatics and providing practical examples and detailed case studies useful for museum researchers and professionals. In this way, Museum Informatics offers a fresh perspective on the sociotechnical interactions that occur between people, information, and technology in museums, presented in a format accessible to multiple audiences, including researchers, students, museum professionals, and museum visitors.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
37 s/w Abbildungen
37 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
584 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-80218-5 (9780415802185)
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Persons
Paul F. Marty is Assistant Professor in the College of Information at Florida State University. He has a background in ancient history and computer science engineering, and his Ph.D. is from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Katherine Burton Jones is the Assistant Dean for Information Technology and Media Services at the Harvard Divinity School. She is the Research Advisor and an instructor for the Masters in Liberal Arts in Museum Studies. She is a former President of the Board of Directors of the Museum Computer Network.
Katherine Burton Jones is the Assistant Dean for Information Technology and Media Services at the Harvard Divinity School. She is the Research Advisor and an instructor for the Masters in Liberal Arts in Museum Studies. She is a former President of the Board of Directors of the Museum Computer Network.
Content
Contents
Figures, Charts, and Tables
Preface
Section 1 Introductions
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Museum Informatics
Paul F. Marty, Florida State University
Chapter 2 The Transformation of the Digital Museum
Katherine Burton Jones, Harvard Divinity School
Section 2 Information Resources in Museums
Chapter 3 Information Representation
Paul F. Marty, Florida State University
Chapter 4 Representing Museum Knowledge
David Bearman, Archives and Museum Informatics
Chapter 5 The Information Revolution in Museums
Darren Peacock, University of South Australia
Section 3 Information Management in Museums
Chapter 6 Information Organization and Access
Paul F. Marty, Florida State University
Chapter 7 Information Policy in Museums
Diane Zorich, Information Management Consultant for Cultural Organizations
Chapter 8 Metadata and Museum Information
Murtha Baca, Erin Coburn, and Sally Hubbard, J. Paul Getty Trust
Section 4 Information Interactions in Museums
Chapter 9 Interactive Technologies
Paul F. Marty, Florida State University
Chapter 10 A World of Interactive Exhibits
Maria Economou, University of the Aegean
Museum Informatics
Chapter 11 Blurring Boundaries for Museum Visitors
Areti Galani, University of Newcastle
Matthew Chalmers, University of Glasgow
Section 5 Information Behavior in Museums
Chapter 12 Changing Needs and Expectations
Paul F. Marty, Florida State University
Chapter 13 Understanding the Motivations of Museum Audiences
Kirsten Ellenbogen, Science Museum of Minnesota
John Falk and Kate Haley Goldman, Institute for Learning Innovation
Chapter 14 Partnerships for Progress: Electronic Access and Museum Resources in the
Classroom
Jim Devine, Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
Section 6 Information Collaborations in Museums
Chapter 15 Collections and Consortia
Paul F. Marty, Florida State University
Chapter 16 AMOL Ten Years On: A Legacy of Working Beyond Museum Walls
Basil Dewhurst and Kevin Sumption, Powerhouse Museum
Chapter 17 Challenges to Museum Collaboration: The MOAC Case Study
Richard Rinehart, UC Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Layna White, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Section 7 Conclusions
Chapter 18 Information Professionals in Museums
Paul F. Marty, Florida State University
Chapter 19 Curating Collections Knowledge: Museums on the Cyberinfrastructure
Jennifer Trant, Archives and Museum Informatics
Chapter 20 The Future of Museums in the Information Age
Maxwell L. Anderson, Indianapolis Museum of Art
About the Authors
References
Index
Figures, Charts, and Tables
Preface
Section 1 Introductions
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Museum Informatics
Paul F. Marty, Florida State University
Chapter 2 The Transformation of the Digital Museum
Katherine Burton Jones, Harvard Divinity School
Section 2 Information Resources in Museums
Chapter 3 Information Representation
Paul F. Marty, Florida State University
Chapter 4 Representing Museum Knowledge
David Bearman, Archives and Museum Informatics
Chapter 5 The Information Revolution in Museums
Darren Peacock, University of South Australia
Section 3 Information Management in Museums
Chapter 6 Information Organization and Access
Paul F. Marty, Florida State University
Chapter 7 Information Policy in Museums
Diane Zorich, Information Management Consultant for Cultural Organizations
Chapter 8 Metadata and Museum Information
Murtha Baca, Erin Coburn, and Sally Hubbard, J. Paul Getty Trust
Section 4 Information Interactions in Museums
Chapter 9 Interactive Technologies
Paul F. Marty, Florida State University
Chapter 10 A World of Interactive Exhibits
Maria Economou, University of the Aegean
Museum Informatics
Chapter 11 Blurring Boundaries for Museum Visitors
Areti Galani, University of Newcastle
Matthew Chalmers, University of Glasgow
Section 5 Information Behavior in Museums
Chapter 12 Changing Needs and Expectations
Paul F. Marty, Florida State University
Chapter 13 Understanding the Motivations of Museum Audiences
Kirsten Ellenbogen, Science Museum of Minnesota
John Falk and Kate Haley Goldman, Institute for Learning Innovation
Chapter 14 Partnerships for Progress: Electronic Access and Museum Resources in the
Classroom
Jim Devine, Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
Section 6 Information Collaborations in Museums
Chapter 15 Collections and Consortia
Paul F. Marty, Florida State University
Chapter 16 AMOL Ten Years On: A Legacy of Working Beyond Museum Walls
Basil Dewhurst and Kevin Sumption, Powerhouse Museum
Chapter 17 Challenges to Museum Collaboration: The MOAC Case Study
Richard Rinehart, UC Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Layna White, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Section 7 Conclusions
Chapter 18 Information Professionals in Museums
Paul F. Marty, Florida State University
Chapter 19 Curating Collections Knowledge: Museums on the Cyberinfrastructure
Jennifer Trant, Archives and Museum Informatics
Chapter 20 The Future of Museums in the Information Age
Maxwell L. Anderson, Indianapolis Museum of Art
About the Authors
References
Index