scholarly journals Michèle Valerie Cloonan. The Monumental Challenge of Preservation: The Past in a Volatile World.

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Katherine Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
Resource Limitations ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches ◽  
Natural Landscapes ◽  
Cultural Heritage Preservation

Michèle Cloonan’s wide-ranging study of cultural heritage preservation opens with the premise that preservation is an unavoidably complex endeavor. Collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches are needed to confront threats to heritage, whether from war and genocide, resource limitations, business interests, or apathy. Cloonan—current professor and dean emerita at the Simmons School of Library and Information Science, and a former conservator, preservation librarian, and special collections curator—takes an expansive view of monuments, including in her definition not only physical edifices but also texts, artworks, collections, natural landscapes, and intangible heritage. In doing so, she emphasizes the highly contextual nature of preservation, which has social, historical, and political valences. These influences, along with legal, technological, and financial factors, shape understandings of what constitutes preservation and what can and should be preserved in any given set of circumstances.

scholarly journals Kulturarv – et begreb til forhandling

1970 ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Beate Knuth Federspiel
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
National Unity ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Normative System ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
Conservation Effort ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Cultural Conservation ◽  
Cultural Heritage Preservation

The international organisations active in the field of cultural conservation represent the normative framework for the protection of culture and heritage. Within this administrative and legal system, ideas about the overall meaning of the cultural heritage preservation concept are created and disseminated, and these have implications for museums’ obligations (collection, recording, conservation, research and communication), which collectively can be seen as society’s overall effort to preserve cultural heritage. The subject of this article is to examine how cultural conservation efforts shift focus in step with changes in society’s overall understanding of the concept of cultural heritage – which by nature is the object of these conservation efforts. The most recent UNESCO conventions on culture (The Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage and The Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions) testify to a growing appreciation of the value of this overall concept, focusing on people, right down to individual level – whereas focus was previously on national unity and a shared ”story” as the identification markers. The situation may seem especially justified by the distinction between tangible and intangible heritage, in which the intangible is increasingly taken into account. This article highlights key concepts and the continuing debate about their importance in the normative system. The emphasis is on the increasing value attributed to the concept of heritage, and the distinction between tangible and intangible heritage. Against this background, possible consequences for the basic conservation effort are discussed, because this is the foundation of the fundamental idea of what a museum is, as well as justifying the normative system in the field of culture. 

scholarly journals Editor’s Note (this is to you)

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Richard Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
System Software ◽  
Professional Journal ◽  
Digital Platform ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Index Terms ◽  
Rare Books ◽  
Journal Content

The journal approaches something of a milestone with this issue. The current iteration of ACRL’s professional journal of special collections librarianship practice began publication as Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarianship in 1986. When I was in library school a few years later, the only access points to content in the field was the library’s local card catalogue and the Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) index. For those of you competent, working professionals young enough to be my children, research was a matter of looking through print volumes—print, mind you—of annual issue after annual issue for citations appearing under index terms, then pulling the bound volumes from the shelves on another floor. The current title RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage was adopted upon acquiring and moving to a digital platform in 2000. Since that time, all ACRL journal content has been available digitally, creating a backfile of material accessible for the asking. In 2014 ALA enacted a platform migration to OJS (Open Journal System) software. RBM content also moved to the OJS platform.

Archivematica outside the box

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaun Trujillo ◽  
Meghan Bergin ◽  
Margaret Jessup ◽  
Johanna Radding ◽  
Sarah Walden McGowan
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Resource Limitations ◽  
Experimental Process

Purpose This work aims to provide a report on adopting a consortial model of collaboration toward understanding digital preservation practice. Design/methodology/approach This work provides a case study detailing the work and outcomes of a digital preservation pilot project undertaken by the Five College Libraries between 2014 and 2015. Findings Digital preservation is a broad endeavor and rapidly developing facet of digital collections and institutional repositories; yet, it is often an area that is not fully understood or implemented by many libraries and archives, largely because institutions lack the necessary resources to do it alone. Working across institutional lines provides a possible solution to overcoming resource limitations and general challenges for pursuing robust digital preservation programs. Research limitations/implications Findings reported in this work are based on a limited-scope pilot project. Several questions laid out during the pilot remain unanswered at its close. Originality/value This paper provides insight into an experimental process rarely reported in library and information science literature. The goal of the paper is to provide a reference point for institutions pursuing a consortial approach to the challenges of applied digital preservation practice.

Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge through Indigenous Languages in Zimbabwe

2017 ◽  
pp. 289-309
Author(s):  
Lawton Hikwa ◽  
Esabel Maisiri
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Indigenous Languages ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
Linguistic Determinism

The chapter seeks to demonstrate the need to preserve indigenous knowledge through the preservation of indigenous languages in Zimbabwe. This is premised on linguistic determinism which states that language precedes thought and determines one's worldview. Therefore, by preserving indigenous languages, which in Zimbabwe have continued to be marginalized, the country would be preserving its intangible heritage and maintaining the diversity of its knowledge base. Activities undertaken to preserve indigenous languages are assessed and suggestions put forward on how library and information science professionals could also take part in preserving the knowledge resources. The chapter is based on a literature review.

A Importância do Inventário Participativo na Preservação do Patrimônio Cultural

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Emanuelly Mylena Velozo Silva
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
The State ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
National Inventory ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
New Type ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Cultural Heritage Preservation

O Patrimônio Cultural no Brasil possui o Tombamento e o Registro como instrumentos de salvaguarda para, respectivamente, o Patrimônio Material e o Patrimônio Imaterial. A partir do ano de 2000, é criado o Inventário Nacional de Referências Culturais (INRC) que contempla o Inventário como forma de registro do patrimônio. Com as suas transformações ao passar do tempo, um dos tipos que mais democratizou o acesso do patrimônio cultural à sociedade foi o Inventário Participativo, onde a própria comunidade toma a iniciativa de identificar e registrar suas referências culturais. Portanto, o presente artigo irá abordar como esse novo tipo de instrumento cultural aproxima e quebra barreiras entre a sociedade civil e o Estado, unindo-se no benefício da preservação do patrimônio cultural nacional.Palavras-chave: Inventário Participativo; Patrimônio Cultural; Preservação; Sociedade.Abstract Cultural Heritage in Brazil has listed and registered as safeguard instruments for, respectively, Material Heritage and Intangible Heritage. Established in 2000, the National Inventory of Cultural References (NICR) was created, which contemplates the Inventory as a way of registering the patrimony. With its transformations over time, one of the types that most democratized the access of cultural heritage to society was the Participatory Inventory, in which the community itself takes the initiative to identify and register its cultural references. Therefore, this paper will address how this new type of cultural instrument approaches and breaks down barriers between civil society and the State, uniting in the benefit of the preservation of the national cultural heritage. Keywords: Participatory Inventory; Cultural heritage; Preservation; Society.

Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge through Indigenous Languages in Zimbabwe

2020 ◽  
pp. 642-662
Author(s):  
Lawton Hikwa ◽  
Esabel Maisiri
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Indigenous Languages ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
Linguistic Determinism

The chapter seeks to demonstrate the need to preserve indigenous knowledge through the preservation of indigenous languages in Zimbabwe. This is premised on linguistic determinism which states that language precedes thought and determines one's worldview. Therefore, by preserving indigenous languages, which in Zimbabwe have continued to be marginalized, the country would be preserving its intangible heritage and maintaining the diversity of its knowledge base. Activities undertaken to preserve indigenous languages are assessed and suggestions put forward on how library and information science professionals could also take part in preserving the knowledge resources. The chapter is based on a literature review.

scholarly journals Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage Using Advance Digital Technology: Issues and Challenges

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zaffwan Idris ◽  
Norsimaa Binti Mustaffa ◽  
Syed Osman Syed Yusoff
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
Human Creativity ◽  
Potential Strategy ◽  
Cultural Heritage Preservation

<p>The emerging concern on intangible heritage in the international arena reflects the fear of cultural homogeneity, diminishing cultural diversity and human creativity. Cultural heritage is a symbol spiritual and intellectual wealth of a civilization, while intangible cultural heritage is associated to tradition and living expressions. There is a need to preserve these fragile assets so they would someday be oblivious in the modern world. Ironically, the potential strategy in preserving the intangible cultural heritage lies in the current advanced digital technology. This paper highlights major issues and challenges in the intangible cultural heritage preservation through technology, with regards to the content and the purpose associated to it.</p>

scholarly journals The Past, Present, and Future of Special Collections Library Literature

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Melanie Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
First Century ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
The Past ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
Bibliometric Studies

The field of bibliometrics provides a lens through which to explore how a journal’s environment is shaped by the professionals that contribute to its creation and maintenance. Despite a rich legacy of bibliometric studies in Library and Information Science scholarship more generally, to date no studies have explored bibliometrics related specifically to special collections library literature. This study considers the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) journals, RBML and RBM, to explore what it is possible to learn about late twentieth and early twenty-first century American special collections librarianship as a profession through an aggregate consideration of the professional literature. This study uses existing tools from author affiliation studies to explore the professional literature and available data about the perspectives that shaped the RBMS journals, RBML and RBM, to gain a better understanding of the particular ecosystem that informs research and publication in the field of American special collections librarianship.

Creative economy: Towards cultural heritage capitalization

2017 ◽  
pp. 100-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Abankina
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Creative Economy ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
Creative Potential ◽  
Strategic Development ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
Cultural Heritage Preservation

The paper analyzes trends in the development of the creative economy in Russia and estimates the export potential of the Russian creative industries. The author demonstrates that modern concepts of cultural heritage preservation focus on increasing the efficiency of its use and that building creative potential and systematic support of the creative industries are becoming a key task of the strategic development of regions and municipalities in the post-industrial era.

EDITORIAL

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 01
Author(s):  
Martha Suzana Cabral Nunes ◽  
Telma de Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
International Forum

É com grande satisfação que apresentamos aos nossos leitores mais um número da CONCI – Convergências em Ciência da Informação. Neste novo fascículo trazemos os trabalhos apresentados no 2º Encontro Regional Norte-Nordeste de Educação em Ciência da Informação – 2º ERECIN N-NE, evento da Associação Brasileira de Educação em Ciência da Informação (ABECIN) que teve como tema “O desafio da inclusão na práxis pedagógica: saberes e fazeres em Ciência da Informação”. O 2º ERECIN N-NE ocorreu de 11 a 15 de junho de 2018 na Universidade Federal de Sergipe e congregou ainda o I International Forum on Library and Information Science e o XI SNAC – Seminário Nacional de Avaliação Curricular.

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