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Contemporary Issues in Collection Management
2023This edited, openly licensed, textbook examines several different issues in collection management. Topics covered include physical vs. digital collections; the impact of BookTok on collections; challenges to 2SLGBTQ+ collections ; ebook licensing; ebook pricing; accessible collections for users with physical disabilities; accessible collections for ...
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Art Libraries Journal, 2003
How do we define ‘the contemporary’, can we collect it, and if so, how should we do it? A look at some of the issues from the perspective of the Word & Image Department at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London argues for the primacy of the object over the digital surrogate, and investigates the challenges -and opportunities - involved in ...
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How do we define ‘the contemporary’, can we collect it, and if so, how should we do it? A look at some of the issues from the perspective of the Word & Image Department at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London argues for the primacy of the object over the digital surrogate, and investigates the challenges -and opportunities - involved in ...
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2013
While the importance of collections has been evident in the sciences and humanities for several centuries, the social and cultural significance of collecting practices is now receiving serious attention as well. As reflected in programs like Antiques Roadshow and American Pickers, and websites such as eBay, collecting has had a consistent and growing ...
David Banash, Kevin M. Moist
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While the importance of collections has been evident in the sciences and humanities for several centuries, the social and cultural significance of collecting practices is now receiving serious attention as well. As reflected in programs like Antiques Roadshow and American Pickers, and websites such as eBay, collecting has had a consistent and growing ...
David Banash, Kevin M. Moist
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Material Consequences of Contemporary Classical Collecting [PDF]
American Journal of Archaeology, 2000 The nature of contemporary classical collecting is explored by studying seven celebrated new collections and exhibitions. The concept of provenance is defined in terms of an object's origins, or findspot, and its modern story, or history.
David W J Gill, Christopher Chippindale
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Collecting the Contemporary in the Imagined City [PDF]
Quotidian: Dutch journal for the study of everyday life (print), 2010 : Collecting the contemporary is hot. More and more cultural museums look beyond their walls and go out into the street searching for contemporariness. This transformation towards an open and audience-centred institution is still far from complete. Many
Reijnders, Stijn +2 more
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Artwork: Collection and Contemporary Culture
American Journal of Sociology, 1978The definitional transformation of film from industrial commodity to art form that took place in the United States during the 1950s represents a more general change in the treatment of industrial commodities, as more outmoded goods have become "collectibles." This pattern has consequences which should be important to sociologists of culture since ...
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Contemporary tapestries: a collection
2021L’arte contemporanea ritrova nell’antico linguaggio dell’arazzeria un prezioso medium per una poesia visiva, concreta ed intrecciata. “A Collection” si fonda sulla stretta relazione tra tecnologia, ricerca, contemporaneità e tradizione.
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[Antique anatomical collections for contemporary museums].
Medicina nei secoli, 2013Anatomy and Pathology Museum collections display a great biological value and offer unique samples for research purposes. Pathological specimens may be investigated by means of modern radiological and molecular biology techniques in order to provide the etiological background of disease, with relevance to present-day knowledge.
Gabriella Nesi, Raffaella Santi
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