Managing Digital Objects: Analysis, Discovery and Retrieval - Softcover

Foster, Allen; Rafferty, Pauline

 
9781856049412: Managing Digital Objects: Analysis, Discovery and Retrieval
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1856049418 ISBN 13: 9781856049412
Verlag: Facet Publishing, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

This book explores the analysis and interpretation, discovery and retrieval of a variety of non-textual objects, including image, music and moving image.

Bringing together chapters written by leading experts in the field, this book provides an overview of the theoretical and academic aspects of digital cultural documentation and considers both technical and strategic issues relating to cultural heritage projects, digital asset management and sustainability.


Managing Digital Objects: Analysis, discovery and retrieval

draws from disciplines including information retrieval, library and information science (LIS), digital preservation, digital humanities, cultural theory, digital media studies and art history. It's argued that this multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach is both necessary and useful in the age of the ubiquitous and mobile Web.

Key topics covered include:

Managing, searching and finding digital cultural objects

Data modelling for analysis, discovery and retrieval

Social media data as a historical source

Visual digital humanities

Digital preservation of audio content

Searching and creating affinities in web music collections

Film retrieval on the web.


Readership:

The book will provide inspiration for students seeking to develop creative and innovative research projects at Masters and PhD levels and will be essential reading for those studying digital cultural object management as well as practitioners in the field.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Allen Foster has a BA in Social History, a Master's in Information Management and a PhD in Information Science. As Reader in Information Science, he has held various roles, including Head of Department for Information Studies, at Aberystwyth University. His research interest areas span the research process of Master's and PhD students, the development of models for information behaviour and serendipity, and user experience of information systems, creativity and information retrieval. He has guest edited for several journal special issues, is a regional editor for The Electronic Library and is a member of journal editorial boards, international panels and conference committees.

Dr Pauline Rafferty MA(Hons) MSc MCLIP is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Teaching and Learning at the Department of Information Studies, Aberystwyth University. She previously taught at the Department of Information Science, City University London, and in the School of Information Studies and Department of Media and Communication at the University of Central England, Birmingham.

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Verlag
Facet Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1856049418
ISBN 13 
9781856049412
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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