Tuesday, October 30, 2007
First blog post.
As a museum studies student, I have been grappling with this issue of digitization of museum collections. I realize it is an invaluable option for museums today in order to catalog and preserve their collections. Yet, will this cause a decrease in museum attendance due to disappointment on the visitors' part or will people just visit collections on-line?
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My concern is that museums are putting so much money and time in to digitizing their collection and no one is using them. People tend to visit museums as part of a group on a social outing. Online research is an anti-social sedentary activity that is so different from the museum experience I don't think it will compete.
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