Information and communications technology in the cultural sector: The need for national strategies

D-Lib Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 63-73

  Ross, Seamus ^a   Economou, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3242752923     PISSN: 10829873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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References (13)

1. The report is available as a Web document at http://www.hatii.arts.gla. ac.uk/HLFICT/
2. Ross, S. and Economou, M. 1998. 'A Study of Information and Communications Technology Funding Policy for the Heritage Sector', DLib Magazine March 1998.
3. Retroconversion (retrospective conversion) is the process of converting analogue resources (e.g., catalogue records) to digital form by representing the information they contain as sequences of characters and numbers. This is carried out either by keying the data or by using optical character recognition software to convert it. (By comparison, "digitisation" is the process of creating a binary representation of an object - a photographic print, manuscript page, or text document - which can be manipulated, stored, transmitted, and displayed using digital technologies, such as a computer.
4. For example, New Library: The People's Network (DCMS, 1997); A Review of Digitisation Projects in Local Authority Libraries and Archives (Library and Information Commission, 1998); Strengths, Weaknesses, and Opportunities in European Humanities Research, (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Council for the Humanities, 1997); Information Technology in Humanities Scholarship: Achievements, Prospects, and Challenges (American Council of Learned Societies, ACLS Occasional Paper, 37, 1997); Research Agenda for Networked Cultural Heritage (Getty Art History Information Program, 1996).
5. For example, New Library: The People's Network (DCMS, 1997); A Review of Digitisation Projects in Local Authority Libraries and Archives (Library and Information Commission, 1998); Strengths, Weaknesses, and Opportunities in European Humanities Research, (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Council for the Humanities, 1997); Information Technology in Humanities Scholarship: Achievements, Prospects, and Challenges (American Council of Learned Societies, ACLS Occasional Paper, 37, 1997); Research Agenda for Networked Cultural Heritage (Getty Art History Information Program, 1996).
6. For example, New Library: The People's Network (DCMS, 1997); A Review of Digitisation Projects in Local Authority Libraries and Archives (Library and Information Commission, 1998); Strengths, Weaknesses, and Opportunities in European Humanities Research, (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Council for the Humanities, 1997); Information Technology in Humanities Scholarship: Achievements, Prospects, and Challenges (American Council of Learned Societies, ACLS Occasional Paper, 37, 1997); Research Agenda for Networked Cultural Heritage (Getty Art History Information Program, 1996).
7. For example, New Library: The People's Network (DCMS, 1997); A Review of Digitisation Projects in Local Authority Libraries and Archives (Library and Information Commission, 1998); Strengths, Weaknesses, and Opportunities in European Humanities Research, (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Council for the Humanities, 1997); Information Technology in Humanities Scholarship: Achievements, Prospects, and Challenges (American Council of Learned Societies, ACLS Occasional Paper, 37, 1997); Research Agenda for Networked Cultural Heritage (Getty Art History Information Program, 1996).
8. For example, New Library: The People's Network (DCMS, 1997); A Review of Digitisation Projects in Local Authority Libraries and Archives (Library and Information Commission, 1998); Strengths, Weaknesses, and Opportunities in European Humanities Research, (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Council for the Humanities, 1997); Information Technology in Humanities Scholarship: Achievements, Prospects, and Challenges (American Council of Learned Societies, ACLS Occasional Paper, 37, 1997); Research Agenda for Networked Cultural Heritage (Getty Art History Information Program, 1996).
9. The British Library and the Library and Information Commission sponsored the study 'A Review of Digitisation Projects in Local Authority Libraries & Archives' which was undertaken by Information North and was published in early 1998. Other organisations, such as the Research Library Group, and The European Commission on Preservation and Access, and institutions such as Cornell are all contributing effort to addressing the issues raised by the process of digitisation and standards. In the area of imaging metadata see, for instance: http://www.rlg.org/preserv/metadata.html.
10. Somekh, B. and Davis, N. (eds), Using Information Technology effectively in Teaching and Learning, (London, 1997), Clemson, D. 'Information Technology in the National Curriculum', in D. Coulby and S. Ward, The Primary Core National Curriculum, (London, 1996), 158-179. Here we have focused on the IT order itself, but nearly every UK curriculum order (e.g., history) has an IT requirement. An informal review of the available digital resources for teaching purposes indicates a real shortage of good materials. If they are to fulfil the obligations under the order, the availability of heritage materials will be key.
11. Somekh, B. and Davis, N. (eds), Using Information Technology effectively in Teaching and Learning, (London, 1997), Clemson, D. 'Information Technology in the National Curriculum', in D. Coulby and S. Ward, The Primary Core National Curriculum, (London, 1996), 158-179. Here we have focused on the IT order itself, but nearly every UK curriculum order (e.g., history) has an IT requirement. An informal review of the available digital resources for teaching purposes indicates a real shortage of good materials. If they are to fulfil the obligations under the order, the availability of heritage materials will be key.
12. School Curriculum and Assessment Authority, 'Expectations in Information Technology at Key Stages 1 and 2.', London, 1997, 3.
13. School Curriculum and Assessment Authority, 'Consistency in Teacher Assessment. Exemplification of Standards.' 1996, 5.