Title :
Preserving born-digital cultural heritage in virtual world
Author :
Ruan Jianhai ; McDonough, Jerome P.
Author_Institution :
Libr., Southwest Univ., Chongqing, China
Abstract :
Born-digital cultural heritage faces the challenge of vanishing away rapidly. In this paper, the issues surrounding the preservation of born-digital cultural heritage are described and explored, and preservation strategies for born-digital cultural heritage are recommended based on the UNESCO´s Charter for the Preservation of Digital Heritage. The authors believe that a major focus of digital preservation efforts should be the preservation of born-digital heritage materials.
Keywords :
Internet; virtual reality; UNESCO; born-digital cultural heritage; digital heritage; digital preservation efforts; virtual world; Cultural differences; Focusing; Global communication; Image converters; Information science; Information technology; Internet; Investments; Libraries; Propulsion;
Conference_Titel :
IT in Medicine & Education, 2009. ITIME '09. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Jinan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3928-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3930-0
DOI :
10.1109/ITIME.2009.5236324