Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Studies

The conservation of old Sanaa is a major cultural heritage initiative that began in the 1980's under the auspices of UNESCO; it continues today, l...

Focusing on three secular institutional building types: libraries, museums, and cinemas, this book explores the intricate interplay between culture...

First emerging at the beginning of the twentieth century, architectural reconstruction has increasingly become an instrument to visually revive a l...

This book provides an up-to-date, coherent and comprehensive treatment of digital scholarly editing, organized according to the typical timeline an...

The entanglements of information and materiality in our media environment, that new information and communication technologies make increasingly mo...

Global and World Art in the Practice of the University Museum provides new thinking on exhibitions of global art and world art in relation to unive...

Why was it that, across Scotland over the last two and a half centuries, architectural monuments were raised to national heroes? Were hero building...

Urban Informatics: Using Big Data to Understand and Serve Communities introduces the reader to the tools of data management, analysis, and manipula...

Urban Informatics: Using Big Data to Understand and Serve Communities introduces the reader to the tools of data management, analysis, and manipula...

This title was first published in 2000: European Intellectual Property is a survey and discussion of the impact of the economic principles of the E...

This book examines collecting around the world and how women have participated in and formed collections globally.The edited volume builds on recen...

Cultural Heritage and the Future brings together an international group of scholars and experts to consider the relationship between cultural herit...

Cultural Heritage and the Future brings together an international group of scholars and experts to consider the relationship between cultural herit...

Robert Schumann was a unique personality in 19th century music: a celebrated music critic and champion of new composers as well as a talented perfo...

Grounded in critical heritage studies and drawing on a Pacific Northwest Coast case study, Maritime Heritage in Crisis explores the causes and cons...

The Victorian era heralded an age of transformation in which momentous changes in the field of natural history coincided with the rise of new visua...

Convergenomics is about the megatrends that are shaping how people behave and organizations work. In this insightful analysis, Sang Lee and David O...

This title was first published in 2000. A comprehensive and holistic guide to resourcing and running a museum education service. The author suggest...

Twentieth-century war is a unique cultural phenomenon and the last two decades have seen significant advances in our ability to conceptualize and u...

Why has Argentina suffered so much political and economic instability? How could Argentina, once one of the wealthiest countries in the world, fail...

Ventriloquism, Performance, and Contemporary Art volume calls attention to the unexpected prevalence of ventriloqual motifs and strategies within c...

First published in 1997, this volume responds to a world in the midst of a telecommunications revolution. What this means is that societies through...

Curating Under Pressure breaks the silence surrounding curatorial self-censorship and shows that it is both endemic to the practice and ubiquitous....

Managing Natural Science Collections demonstrates the need for consistency and evidence-based decision making in the management of natural science ...