Year: 2013
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Nearly every organization whose mission includes promoting access to information is well aware of the value of digital collections.To cultural organizations and funders alike, the prospect of making collections available to new and distant audiences is compelling.Digital technology is finding its way into cultural organizations, and it offers great promise for enhancing access.However, digitization efforts, despite everyone's good intentions, rise and fall on the waves of external funding.New organizations have been created to promote and manage a growing number of digital initiatives.Some traditional organizations have added projects to accommodate the digital agenda, but they often treat these projects as special initiatives, rather than long-term programs that will require an ongoing commitment of funding, staffing, and time.The economic downturn has increased the vulnerability of many digital programs, especially those run by very small organizations that lack the human or financial resource cushion to sustain "add-on" programs.
Source: Routledge eBooks
Author: Simon J. Knell
Language: English
Subfield: Museology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4249256558