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Managing Digital Cultural Objects: Analysis, discovery and retrieval

English

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

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. Its 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.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 227g
  • Dimensions: 162 x 238mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Jul 2016
  • Publisher: Facet Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781783301027

About

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.

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