Archives in the Digital Age: Standards, Policies and Tools discusses semantic web technologies and their increased usage in distributing archival material. The book is a useful manual for archivists and information specialists working in cultural heritage institutions, including archives, libraries, and museums, providing detailed analyses of how metadata and standards are used to manage archival material and how the material is disseminated through the Web using the Internet, the semantic web, and social media technologies.
Following an introduction from the author, the book is divided into five sections that explore archival description, digitization, the preservation of archives, the promotion of archival material through social media, and current trends in archival science.
- Addresses the most important issues within the archival community, covering current trends and the future of archival science
- Presents an original perspective on the use of social media by archival institutions
- Provides innovative, interdisciplinary research incorporating archives and information management
- Discusses the dissemination of archival material using semantic web technologies
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A perfect tool for archivists that provides detailed analyses on how metadata and standards are used to manage archival material
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| Prologue |
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| Introduction |
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1.1 Archival description standards |
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1.2 Archival description metadata |
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1.3 Archival content description standards and rules |
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2 Archival management software |
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2.1 Choosing the right type of information system |
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2.2 Archival description authoring tools |
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2.3 Archival management systems |
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3.1 Digitization: An obligation of archival institutions |
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3.2 What is digitization and why digitize? |
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3.3 Digitization policies |
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3.4 Metadata schemas for digital objects |
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4.1 Defining the digital preservation issue |
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4.2 Reasons for taking action and faced challenges |
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4.3 Digital preservation plan |
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4.4 Digital preservation strategies |
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4.5 Conceptual models and metadata |
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4.6 Digital preservation systems |
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5 Promoting archival material in the Social Web |
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5.1 Defining Social Media |
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5.2 Social media in archives: quantitative and qualitative use |
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5.3 Social media policies |
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6 Archival integration and dissemination: The trends |
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6.1 Semantic Interoperability for the archival description |
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6.2 Archival description and Linked Data |
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7 Archival information sources: A survival's kit |
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| Bibliography |
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| Epilogue |
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| Index |
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Lina Bountouri is as a full-time IT Services Officer in the Publications Office of the European Union, where she works on the management and implementation of Semantic Web and digital preservation projects. In the past, she has worked as an Archivist and Information Scientist in the General State Archives of Greece (Central Service) and as a part-time Academic Lecturer in the Department of Library Science and Information Systems (Technological Institute of Education, Athens), teaching archives management and history of administration in Greece and in the European Union. She is a Member of various scientific committees and participates as a Researcher in the activities of the Database and Information Systems Research Group of the Department of Archives, Library Science and Museology (Ionian University). She has published scientific works in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Her research interests are oriented to metadata interoperability issues in libraries, archives and museums, while she is also interested in other topics, such as the use of Semantic Web technologies and Social Media in cultural heritage institutions. In the past, she has worked in the development of libraries and archives information systems and in digital libraries.
