| Author | : John Potts |
| File Size | : 43,8 Mb |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 31 August 2021 |
| ISBN | : 9783030795238 |
| Pages | : 172 pages |
Use and Reuse of the Digital Archive by John Potts Book PDF Summary
This book examines the use and re-use of digital archives in a unique manner, by combining theoretical and practical approaches to the contemporary digital archive. The book brings together a range of writers - specialising in media and cultural studies, contemporary art and art history, digital and networked culture, library and museum studies - to explore the cultural impact of digital archives. Several of the essays describe the process of constructing a digital archive as a specific case study – in digitising a physical archive and designing a searchable digital database as the core of the digital archive. Other chapters explore the cultural significance of digital archives in more general theoretical terms. These considerations include: the specific properties of the digital archive; its similarities and differences to the traditional paper-based archive; the ethical decisions made in the design of an archive; and the potential for creative re-use of online archived materials.