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Limity digitalizácie v ochrane kultúrneho dedičstva spravovaného múzeami
Limits of digitization in the protection of cultural heritage administered by museums

Author(s): Tibor Díte
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Electronic information storage and retrieval, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Filozofická fakulta
Keywords: AIS; AMIS; CEMUZ; digitization; ESEZ; Museological Institute of the Slovak National Museum; West Slovak Museum in Trnava;

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the role of digitization in the protection of cultural heritage from the point of view of its two fundamental limitations. The first part analyzes the history and implementation of computer technology and software in the West Slovak museum in Trnava from its inception in the early 1980s to the present day when the central registry of museum catalogues is managed and administrated by the Slovak National Museum. The second part of the paper then shifts attention to the role of digitization in museums as regards the fundamental mission of museums in the protection of cultural heritage.

  • Issue Year: 1/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 87-100
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Slovak