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"People are using collections online to do basic research, which leads
Richard Benefield, Deputy Director, Harvard Art Museums As a growing proportion of the collections of the Harvard libraries and art museums are made available to the world via the Internet, -- and as the libraries and museums of other universities evolve along similar lines -- should these institutions abandon their aspirations to acquire comprehensive (or at least well balanced) collections of materials, and instead specialize in certain areas, relying on online collaboration for materials not housed within Harvard? |
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The advantages of online access to Harvard resources – making museums and other collections available to those unable to actually visit, as well as providing a platform for the permanent More...
Why not use the Net to let users create their own digital collections? Using thumbnail images like trading cards, users could mix and match collections from all the world's archives. More...
I believe the internet enhances a users experience but cannot replace the real world experience. When people need just the data they will approach the online database, but if they More...
The purpose of a "collection" is to offer juxtaposition of works which, taken together, offer insight not available when viewing the individual works separately.
As the online experience cannot fully More...
On first impression, Richard Benefield's interesting question evokes a wistful sense of loss -- that the phenomenon of online collections will lead Harvard's museums to abandon the noble duty of More...
The Internet might be a supplement for the casual museum-goer, but might be more than that for the scholar or researcher of art. It might also be much more for More...
The Internet presents opportunities of many sorts, like making our collections available to others online. Its transformative power also forces places like Harvard to rethink its priorities. As a general More...