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Digital Media In Museums: A Personal History

In: Digital Heritage and Culture Strategy and Implementation

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While digital media is a relatively new medium, interactive technologies (originally based on a combination of analog and digital media) have been available to, and actively used by cultural institutions for many decades. Specifically, interactive technology has played a significant role in museum exhibitions, since the late 1980s. For this reason, the world of museums is a convenient microcosm in which to examine the transformative role of digital media on such essential factors as mission, operations and public programs. Furthermore, a brief summary of this history can provide some insights to contemporary practitioners and scholars on the development of both a strategy and an implementation policy in developing a digital heritage ecosystem.…

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  • Selma Thomas, 2014. "Digital Media In Museums: A Personal History," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Herminia Din & Steven Wu (ed.), Digital Heritage and Culture Strategy and Implementation, chapter 9, pages 119-129, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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