Managing digital cultural objects: analysis, discovery and retrieval,

摘要

As the title suggests, this edited book investigates analysis, discovery and retrieval, specifically focusing on digital non-textual objects, for example still and moving images, and music. The editors, Allen Foster and Pauline Rafferty, both from Aberystwyth University, state their purpose is to 'inspire prospective students to develop creative and innovative research projects at Masters and PhD levels' (p. XVII), and with this book they provide some theoretical underpinning for this purpose. There is a wide selection of topics to support the goal to inspire innovative research, with the authors representing a range of fields including digital humanities, digital preservation, computer science, archives and libraries, all based in either the UK, the Americas or Europe.