Safeguarding Digital Library Contents and Users

Gladney, H. M.; Mintzer, F.; Schiattarella, Fabio

doi:10.1045/july97-gladney

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“…To keep up with these expectations, museum professionals need the ability to establish information policies covering such things as digital rights management and intellectual property (Carson, 2001), to perform evaluations to determine the effectiveness of museum resources in meeting user needs (Ockuly, 2003), and to participate in museum collaborations designed to share collections data (Bennet & Sandore, 2001). Access to digital images of museum artifacts has prompted concerns about copyright issues and control over intellectual property (Gladney, Mintzer, & Schiattarella, 1997;Zorich, 2000), and explorations of new economic and technical models for providing access to digital cultural heritage (Bearman, 1997;Sherwood, 1997). Museum professionals need skills with user-centered evaluations to determine the information needs of museum visitors (Booth, 1998;Kravchyna & Hastings, 2002;Thomas & Carey, 2005), and how successful they are at meeting those needs (Cunliffe, Kritou, & Tudhope, 2002;Harms & Schweibenz, 2001;Hertzum, 1998;Peacock, 2002;Streten, 2000).…”

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Museum professionals and the relevance of LIS expertise

Marty

2007

Library & Information Science Research

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This article presents results from a survey designed to assess the relevance of library and information science (LIS) expertise-here defined as those topics typically, but not exclusively, taught in LIS programs-for museum professionals. The topics covered in this article are information representation, information organization and access, information management, computer technologies, digitization technologies, interactive technologies, information policy, evaluation methods, and collaboration initiatives. An online survey assessed the degree to which museum professionals possess skills in these topics, perform work in these topics, and consider these topics important for future study. The article examines the relative value of each topic for museum professionals, and discusses the importance of strengthening relationships between LIS and museum studies by better understanding the relevance of LIS expertise in museums. KeywordsMuseum informatics; museum information professionals; library and information science education.

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