Special Collections 2.0

Price: $45.00
ISBN13: 9781591587200
ISBN10: 1591587204
Book code: LU8720
Libraries Unlimited
Paperback | 150 pages
Publication Date: 07/23/2009

DESCRIPTION

Based on surveys and firsthand research across the archivist's profession, Special Collections 2.0: New Technologies for Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archival Collections offers essential advice and practical ideas for creating, collecting, and preserving born-digital materials for optimal long-term access?using the best of what the new Web has to offer.

Special Collections 2.0 surveys the web's new options for interconnectivity and interactivity tool by tool, exploring the benefits and shortcomings of applying each to the special collection and archives profession. It combines expert analysis of the pros and cons of Web 2.0 with numerous reports of how wikis, blogs, photosharing, social networks, and more are already being put to work in this essential field. Creators, researchers, and caretakers of the historic record?even those anxious about using the Internet?will understand the best ways to put Web 2.0 to work in the service of our cultural heritage.

A critical examination of Web 2.0 tools used in special collections, archives, and museums, with an emphasis on using interactive technology to create and preserve content.

Web 2.0?the wondrous world of wikis, blogs, and social networks?has evolved from an outlet for hardcore internet-philes to the mainstream of the web's infinite flow of information. Now, Web 2.0's applications are finding a place in a variety of professional endeavors?and nowhere with more usefulness and potential than in the realm of specialized document collection and archiving.

TITLE FEATURES

· Gives anyone who works in or is fascinated by the collections/archives profession an introduction to the new world of creating and protecting digital content

· Promotes Web 2.0 as an extremely effective resource for reaching and expanding archive user/subscriber bases

· Helps working collection and archiving professionals become more comfortable working with Web 2.0 tools

· Includes coverage of photosharing?often overlooked in discussions of Web 2.0?and its tremendous potential impact, both positive and negative, on preserving collections

· Separate chapters on the new tools of Web 2.0, including wikis, blogs, photosharing, and different social networks

· A helpful bibliography of print and online resources for further reading

· A glossary of terms with definitions of important Web tools and acronyms

· A complete index