"The Routledge International Handbook Of New Digital Practices In Galleries Libraries Archives Museums And Heritage Sites | Library & Museum Studies

The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries Libraries Archives Museums and Heritage Sites presents a fascinating picture of the ways in which today's cultural institutions are undergoing a transformation through innovative applications of digital technology. With a strong focus on digital design practice the volume captures the vital discourse between curators exhibition designers historians heritage practitioners technologists and interaction designers from around the world. Contributors interrogate how their projects are extending the traditional reach and engagement of institutions through digital designs that reconfigure the interplay between collections public knowledge and civic society. Bringing together the experiences of some of today’s most innovative cultural institutions and thinkers the Handbook provides refreshingly new ideas and directions for the exciting digital challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. As such it should be essential reading for academics students designers and professionals interested in the production of culture in the post-digital age. |The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries Libraries Archives Museums and Heritage Sites | Library & Museum Studies