Cultural Heritage Information

"""Collaboratively compiled and co-edited by Ian Ruthven (Professor of Information Seeking and Retrieval, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde) and G. G. Chowdhury (Professor of Information Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle), Cultural Heritage Information is comprised of eleven impressively informed and informative articles by lead researchers in the history and impact of digitally transmitted and preserved information upon our cultural legacies. Cultural Heritage Information is a critically important and seminal contribution to academic library reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists with respect to digital libraries, digital humanities and digital culture."" -- Midwest Book Review This edited volume is penned by a range of contributors from diverse backgrounds. This is a bonus as it means that the issues covered include not only information seeking behaviour, but also concerns about access to materials, interface design, copyright issues and a broad overview of many topics associated with heritage materials. -- Journal of Pedagogic Development Provides a number of viewpoints to inform and challenge readers on the primary issues of digital humanities. Academic libraries serving library and information science programs and libraries engaged in digital humanities projects would be advised to consider this book. -- Catholic Library World As this is the first book in the new series started by the Facet Publishing it is proper to congratulate the editors, authors and the publisher with a good start. -- Information Research Cultural Heritage Information: Access and Management is for students, researchers, and practitioners who want to understand digital heritage’s unique challenges and learn how they have been handled in institutional projects. -- Margot Note * World Monuments Fund * The contributors ... all bring with them considerable expertise and experience in the world on online information management. As a vehicle for provoking more thought and discussion about matters relating to information sciences and the digital world, it more than achieves its aim. -- Lise Summers * Archives and Manuscripts * Overall, this book provides a global overview of issues related to cultural heritage information access and management. The eighteen authors span six countries and the diversity provides a welcome change in perspective from most texts that focus on American institutions. -- Nicole Garrett Smeltekop * Library Resources & Technical Services * ... useful for students, researchers, and early practitioners who wish to become more conversant with the challenges and practices of cultural heritage digital environments. -- K. Irwin * CHOICE *"