Digital Curation

Operationalizing the United States Department of the Air Force Digital Archives

Horton, Rebekah (2022-12)

Abstract This paper analyzes the current state of digital curation within the United States Air Force History and Museums Program and evaluates the lifecycle of Air Force digital records. The scope of this evaluation ...

Digital Asset Management Systems in Museums: An Implementation History and Study

Michael, Amanda Jean (2021-08)

Digital asset management and its systems (DAMs) have been a revolving topic in the museum industry for a few decades, including best implementation practices and how to find systems that connect with the needs of the ...

Field Notes: An Exploration of Crowdsourcing Platforms for Natural History Collections

Cohen, Lauren Rachel (2021-08)

Drawing from a long tradition of public participation and recent innovations in digital technology, natural history museums (NHMs) are transforming the way they conduct research and engage their audience. Digitization is ...

Educating Library, Archives, and Museum Professionals in the US: Promoting Collaboration, Recognizing the Power of Information and Object in Professional Identity

Ray, Joyce; Botticelli, Peter (2021-03)

Two digital curation educators, representing graduate schools of museum studies and information science at Johns Hopkins University and Simmons University, respectively, propose that the field of digital curation transcends ...

Linked Data and Linked Open Data Projects for Libraries, Archives and Museums: Constructing Pathways to Information Discovery and Cultural Heritage Sector Collaboration

Paquet, Anna P. (2020-12)

This paper examines current Cultural Heritage-based Linked data and linked open data projects developed by Libraries, Archives and Museums (LAMs). The following research questions are explored: R1: Are there similarities ...

"Reject Perfection": The Impact of User Studies on Born-Digital Collections Access in Libraries, Archives, and Museums (LAMs)

Rockwell, Julie (2020-12)

Within the last five years, innovative technologies, standards, and resources have advanced borndigital access scholarship and practices in libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs). An emerging archival theory of practice, ...

Digital Practices and Strategies of Western United States Museums during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Whitecar, Nathalia (2020-12)

The COVID-19 pandemic forced museums globally to shut their doors, yet many continued to extend content and resources through virtual means. This paper highlights some of the efforts of museums in the Western United States ...

Collecting and Preserving Time-Based Media Art in Georgia’s Museums

Hatch, Emma (2019-08)

Time-based media art (TBMA), art that utilizes technology and has a distinct beginning and end (video, film, slides, audio, or computer-based) is a popular medium among artists. The preservation of TBMA presents a unique ...

Death in the Digital Age: An Heirs and Users Guide to Digital Assets and Posthumous Rights

Palmer, Stephanie G. (2018-09)

In the digital age, social media platforms and digital accounts contain a variety of digital assets that hold personal or monetary value. When a user dies, their heirs must take into account the number of legal issues they ...

Fashioning Bygone Fashions: Creating Digital Sewing Patterns from Historic Garments

Scott, Sonia A. (2019-12)

This paper explores options for creating digital sewing patterns from garments in historical costume collections. Such patterns provide independent scholars and the general public greater access to study historically ...

Strategies to Support Wider Adoption of Linked Open Data in Smaller Museums

Geddes, Margaret R. (2019-11)

How will museums tell the stories of their objects in the 21st century in our digitally dominated world? Linked Open Data (LOD) is one avenue to greater sharing of museum materials and embraces the building of new knowledge ...

The Necessity of Environmentally Sustainable Digital Preservation and its Effects on Preservation Workflow

Durham, Curtis J. (2019-12)

This essay is an investigation into which aspects of digital preservation affect Global Warming and how cultural heritage institutions can mitigate their participation in the Climate Emergency while maintaining good ...

Integrating Indigenous Knowledge in Non-Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Institutions

Carron, Tara S. (2019-12)

Mainstream knowledge systems, classification schemas, and descriptive standards are firmly rooted in Western epistemologies which, more often than not, are inadequate, inappropriate, and inaccurate as methods for naming ...

Emulation in Practice

Ebner, Eric Michael (2020-01)

Since 1999, determining the viability of emulation as a means to preserve digital assets has been up for debate. Throughout the last twenty years, emulation has been refuted, proven effective, and compared to other digital ...

Citizen Science and Digitization: Examining the Process of Digitization in Crowdsourcing

McNamara, Courtney (2019-08)

The rise of digitization strategies in cultural and scientific institutions yields multiple benefits. Not only are the materials preserved for future use, but the information and data within the digital files becomes more ...

Assessing the Missions of Digital Humanities Centers

Sanders, Sarah K. (2019-12)

This paper examines the outlined missions of Digital Humanities Centers, as well as what activities they are partaking in to meet them. Additionally, as producers of unique research data, do Digital Humanities Centers view ...

Preserving Video Game Significance: A Practical Guide for Video Game Preservation, Exhibition, and their Significant Properties

Todd, Benjamin C. (2019-12)

This paper addresses the question: (1) what are the limitations of video game preservation and video game exhibitions; and, 2) what solutions currently exist for video game preservation and video game exhibitions? The ...