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For the user this home page access will be like walking electronically down an avenue of all our major museums or galleries. People will be able to find out about the collections, their significance and context, and use interactive links to other institutions, as well as to access digitalised images.
Two decades later, the United Kingdom (UK) government’s Culture White Paper (Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2016) envisaged a similar pathway for users, while seeking to make the UK ‘one of the world’s leading countries for digitised public collections content’: ‘We want users to enjoy a seamless experience online, and have the chance to access particular collections in depth as well as search across all collections.’
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites |
| Editors | Hannah Lewi, Wally Smith, Dirk vom Lehn, Steven Cooke |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 10 |
| Pages | 116-130 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429506765 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138581296 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
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Hacking Heritage: Understanding the Limits of Online Access. / Sherratt, Tim.
The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites. ed. / Hannah Lewi; Wally Smith; Dirk vom Lehn; Steven Cooke. London : Routledge, 2019. p. 116-130.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter
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N2 - In 1995, an Australian government plan for digital innovation highlighted some exciting possibilities that lay ahead for the cultural sector (Department of Industry, Science and Tourism, 1995). Access to collections would be ‘simplified’ through the creation of an ‘Electronic Smithsonian’—a portal to bring together the holdings of national cultural institutions:For the user this home page access will be like walking electronically down an avenue of all our major museums or galleries. People will be able to find out about the collections, their significance and context, and use interactive links to other institutions, as well as to access digitalised images.Two decades later, the United Kingdom (UK) government’s Culture White Paper (Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2016) envisaged a similar pathway for users, while seeking to make the UK ‘one of the world’s leading countries for digitised public collections content’: ‘We want users to enjoy a seamless experience online, and have the chance to access particular collections in depth as well as search across all collections.’
AB - In 1995, an Australian government plan for digital innovation highlighted some exciting possibilities that lay ahead for the cultural sector (Department of Industry, Science and Tourism, 1995). Access to collections would be ‘simplified’ through the creation of an ‘Electronic Smithsonian’—a portal to bring together the holdings of national cultural institutions:For the user this home page access will be like walking electronically down an avenue of all our major museums or galleries. People will be able to find out about the collections, their significance and context, and use interactive links to other institutions, as well as to access digitalised images.Two decades later, the United Kingdom (UK) government’s Culture White Paper (Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2016) envisaged a similar pathway for users, while seeking to make the UK ‘one of the world’s leading countries for digitised public collections content’: ‘We want users to enjoy a seamless experience online, and have the chance to access particular collections in depth as well as search across all collections.’
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