Digitization of Cultural Heritage: A Case Study of the Digital Museum Project Cover Image

Digitalizácia kultúrneho dedičstva. Projekt: Digitálne múzeum
Digitization of Cultural Heritage: A Case Study of the Digital Museum Project

Author(s): Soňa Žabková
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Electronic information storage and retrieval, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Filozofická fakulta
Keywords: digitizing; museums; digital technology; digital museum; Museum of the Slovak National Uprising in Banská Bystrica;

Summary/Abstract: This papers analyzes the theoretical foundations of the process of digitization and their implementation in the ongoing digitization of Slovakia‘s cultural heritage within the scope of the OPIS Program (Priority Axis 2) Development of institutions dedicated to preserving memory and the restoration of their national infrastructure. The paper provides an overview of existing national-level projects currently implemented in the field of culture, examines specific aims of digitization and the advantages to providing wider access to digitized collections. One of the most demanding such projects, the Digital Museum run by the SNP Museum in Banská Bystrica, is described in greater detail.

  • Issue Year: 1/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 39-48
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Slovak