Online digital special collections in English universities: promoting awareness

Erica Wine

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    Abstract

    Cultural institutions in the UK are repositories of a wealth of historical material. The scholarly importance of such resources is at the basis of the numerous digitisation projects aimed at widening their access worldwide. The lack of national policies has left those institutions alone in engaging in dissemination activities and in raising awareness of their own online material. Of particular interest to the author are the digital special collections hosted in the English Universities. The main activities of these institutions differ from others, such as museums, archives and public libraries, as they do not have the main institutional duties of preserving and the exploiting of their holdings. This article highlights related issues and suggests some of the possible measures to effectively promote and disseminate universities’ online digital special collections.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalFUMSI
    Publication statusPublished - Feb 2008

    Keywords

    • historical material
    • digitisation
    • widening access
    • dissemination
    • online material
    • special collections
    • English Universities
    • promototion
    • online digital special collections

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