Preserving Cultural Heritage Using Open Source Collection Management Tools
Preserving Cultural Heritage Using Open Source Collection Management Tools
Author(s): Georgios Gkoumas, Fotis LazarinisSubject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies
Published by: Институт по математика и информатика - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Heritage Management; Open Source Software; CollectionSpace; OVDLT; Digital Library;
Summary/Abstract: Open source software (OSS) popularity is growing steadily and many OSS systems could be used to preserve cultural heritage objects. Such solutions give the opportunity to organizations to afford the development of a digital collection. This paper focuses on reviewing two OSS tools, CollectionSpace and the Open Video Digital Library Toolkit and discuss on how these could be used for organizing digital replicas of cultural objects. The features of the software are presented and some examples are given.
Journal: Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: III
- Page Range: 169-175
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English