SumutSiana: A Framework for Applying ICT to Preserve the Cultural Heritage of Sumatera Utara Indonesia

Preservation of cultural heritage is a task given by UNESCO charter. In the information age, this task becomes a challenge due to the high level of growth and rapid changes of ICT. Additionally, complex cultural heritage has been neglected because of the stream of information global and the high cost of the legal application of ICT. In this context, SumutSiana, has been proposed as an ICT-based preservation of heritage cultural of “Sumatera Utara”. It involves people, content, processes, management, budged, facilities and infrastructure, evaluation, and result as a resource. This was the basis of the proposed framework for developing information system for preserving the cultural heritage

Preserving A Fragile Cultural Heritage Destination: Decoding and Encoding the MoGao Caves

The cultural heritage tourism industry has been on a constant expansion in China across the past decades. A growing volume of regional municipalities and investors is actively participating in developing and transforming the cultural heritage sites into tourism destinations. While the mass tourism and its continuous escalation are bringing tremendous success to regional economy, it is also significantly challenging the material integrity of fragile cultural heritage destinations. Such an issue is exposed most acutely at the Mogao Caves, an archaeological cave-temple ensemble in northwestern China. This thesis lays out the cultural heritage preservation framework and the growing tourism economy in China, dissects the preservation issues and challenges presence at the Mogao Caves, evaluates current Mogao Caves visitation design and narratives, seeks guidance and possible resolutions via international case studies faced with similar challenges, and eventually proposes a vision and plan of redevelopment that aims at encounter-balancing the diverse challenges by integrating findings discovered in the research process

Panorama de las ediciones digitales en el mundo de hoy

Desde hace más de una década, las ediciones digitales académicas han gozado de un desarrollo acelerado. En estas páginas se hace una distinción entre el soporte analógico y el digital, y se insiste en cómo este tipo de ediciones aprovechan la ventaja de los medios digitales y de la hipertextualidad. A continuación, nos detenemos en cómo el concepto de edición académica se vuelve más complejo a la hora de convertirse en digital, a causa del lenguaje que se utiliza, de la cantidad de archivos empleados y de la necesidad de agruparlos en ficheros y de establecer relaciones entre los distintos objetos digitales. Un repaso por las distintas ediciones digitales europeas y americanas, nacidas en el seno de las universidades o de entidades relacionadas con la promoción y conservación de la cultura, nos ha permitido descubrir elementos comunes en las ediciones de ambas instituciones. A saber: la presencia de hipertextualidad y de diversas herramientas de análisis, que permiten realizar búsquedas en el texto, añadir comentarios o establecer concordancias, entre otras funciones. Cabe mencionar asimismo la aparición recurrente de lenguajes de codificación y de marcado como pueden ser XML y TEI. Estos lenguajes, y otros, como METS, se explican de manera concisa y se insiste en la necesidad de buscar una mayor accesibilidad y usabilidad. Las conclusiones reafirman la impresión de que, en efecto, la edición digital está en auge en nuestros días y recuerdan que se necesita de instituciones sólidas, en las cuales proyectos de este tipo encuentren su lugar. También se hace constar la necesidad de compartir la experiencia de usuario, para que el diseño facilite el acceso al texto y a las distintas herramientas de análisis

Electronic Imaging & the Visual Arts. EVA 2013 Florence

Important Information Technology topics are presented: multimedia systems, data-bases, protection of data, access to the content. Particular reference is reserved to digital images (2D, 3D) regarding Cultural Institutions (Museums, Libraries, Palace – Monuments, Archaeological Sites). The main parts of the Conference Proceedings regard: Strategic Issues, EC Projects and Related Networks & Initiatives, International Forum on “Culture & Technology”, 2D – 3D Technologies & Applications, Virtual Galleries – Museums and Related Initiatives, Access to the Culture Information. Three Workshops are related to: International Cooperation, Innovation and Enterprise, Creative Industries and Cultural Tourism

Libraries as publishers: turning the page?

This article seeks to provide a general review of the publishing activities of some major libraries across the world. At a time when the publishing industry is experiencing profound challenges to its established business models and traditional routes to market through bookshops are under threat from online retailers such as Amazon it is timely to see how libraries are faring during this period and whether these developments are changing libraries’ publishing outputs. The publishing activities are considered in relation to the format of the titles available, how the titles are sold, the range of subjects covered in the programme and whether there are digital versions available. The numerous digital catalogues, learning materials and other online resources are considered out of scope for the purpose of this article and the focus is therefore on what we might consider ‘traditional’ publishing outputs. The article considers the publishing programmes of British Library, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the Bodleian library, the Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil, the State Library of Victoria and the National Library of Australia

ECLAP 2012 Conference on Information Technologies for Performing Arts, Media Access and Entertainment

It has been a long history of Information Technology innovations within the Cultural Heritage areas. The Performing arts has also been enforced with a number of new innovations which unveil a range of synergies and possibilities. Most of the technologies and innovations produced for digital libraries, media entertainment and education can be exploited in the field of performing arts, with adaptation and repurposing. Performing arts offer many interesting challenges and opportunities for research and innovations and exploitation of cutting edge research results from interdisciplinary areas. For these reasons, the ECLAP 2012 can be regarded as a continuation of past conferences such as AXMEDIS and WEDELMUSIC (both pressed by IEEE and FUP). ECLAP is an European Commission project to create a social network and media access service for performing arts institutions in Europe, to create the e-library of performing arts, exploiting innovative solutions coming from the ICT