Libraries and Museums in the Flat World: Are They Becoming Virtual Destinations?

Tonta, Yaşar Libraries and Museums in the Flat World: Are They Becoming Virtual Destinations?, 2006 . In Sofia 2006: Globalization, Digitization, Access, and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Sofia (Bulgaria), 8-10 November 2006. (In Press) [Conference paper]

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In his recent book, “The World is Flat”, Thomas Friedman reviews the impact of networks on globalization. The emergence of the Internet, web browsers, computer applications talking to each other through the Internet, and the open source software, among others, made the world flatter and created an opportunity for individuals to collaborate and compete globally. Friedman predicts that “connecting all the knowledge centers on the planet together into a single global network. . . could usher in an amazing era of prosperity and innovation”. Networking also is changing the ways by which libraries and museums provide access to information sources and services. In the flat world, libraries and museums are no longer a physical “place” only: they are becoming “virtual destinations”. This paper discusses the implications of this transformation for the digitization and preservation of, and access to, cultural heritage resources.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: networked libraries; libraries as virtual destinations; museums as virtual destinations; digitization of cultural heritage resources; “inside out” digital cultural repositories.
Subjects: D. Libraries as physical collections. > DM. Museums.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HP. e-resources.
J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JG. Digitization.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HS. Repositories.
Depositing user: prof. yasar tonta
Date deposited: 30 Apr 2007
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:07
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/9426

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