General
Resources
RLG
Cultural Materials Initiative
http://www.rlg.org/culturalres/index.html
RLG attempts to improve access to primary
sources and cultural materials—those rare and often unique works
held largely by institutions for education and research such as
RLG's members. In the Cultural
Materials Initiative, the organization has applied collective
experience and capabilities to creating a Web-based, integrated
collection of electronic representations of such materials.
Consortium
for the Interchange of Museums Information (CIMI)
http://www.cimi.org/
CIMI’s goal is to find the best means for cultural heritage
to spread in the electronic realm and ways of testing those in real
word settings. Also publishes all their findings for all to use
and learn from.
CTheory,
International Journal of Theory, Technology and Culture http://www.ctheory.net/default.asp
CTHEORY publishes articles, interviews, event-scenes and reviews
of key books. Site includes articles, event-scenes, responses from
readers, reviews, tech flash, 30 cyber-days, and global algorithm.
Historical
Newspapers Online
http://historynews.chadwyck.com/
Reference material for nineteenth and twentieth-century history.
Website can do such things as trace the development of technology
from the power loom to the space shuttle or the end of slavery and
the enfranchisement of women.
International
Institute of Social History
http://www.iisg.nl/
There is a monthly news service that you can subscribe to.
Also the web page has links to interesting articles of news, events,
and collections. The website is in Dutch or English.
The
Culture Machine
http://culturemachine.tees.ac.uk/
Website dedicated to generating research in culture and theory.
The main page has links to the site’s E-Journal, user manual and
editorial. The E-Journal has editorials, discussion groups, feedback
opportunities and links.
Intersections,
A Refereed Electronic Journal and Interactive Forum http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/intersections/
Serves as an interactive forum for new research and teaching
in the area of Gender Studies in the Asian region. It stems from
Murdoch University's School of Asian Studies. The journal is also
intended as a means to explore innovative ways of 'doing' history
using new technologies. As such Information Technology is not seen
as an end in itself, but as a place where oral, written and visual
history can tangibly cross paths allowing for new connections to
be made
Center
for History and New Media
http://chnm.gmu.edu/
A site that has a modern approach to history and approaches modern
events from a historical perspective. It has various historical
topics as well as a search function allowing you to search history
courses and databases.
Internet
Strategies for Small Museums
http://www.leelanauhistory.org/strategies/
The site is meant to be a resource for museums and cultural institutions
looking to develop or enhance a web presence.
Museum
Stuff for Professional Development, Resources http://www.museumstuff.com/professional/index.html
Website that offers a variety of professional resources for topics
such as: Association, books/pubs/journals, conservation, consultants,
collections management, curatorial resources, databases for museums,
disaster preparedness, discussion lists, educators resources, exhibit
design and development, funding and grants, museum news, museums
on the web, research tools, web design and promotion.
Museum
Computer Network
http://www.mcn.edu/
Has special groups/interests forum discussion that includes: the
internet, small museums, standards, digital imaging, intellectual
property. The site supports cooperative efforts that enable museums
to be more effective at creating and disseminating cultural and
scientific knowledge as represented by their collections and related
documentation.
Culture,
Heritage and UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization)
http://www.unesco.org/culture/heritage/
The website has cultural information for many nations. Issues on
culture and development, tangible and intangible cultural heritage
all in website. Raises general issues about culture and history,
as well as provide a resources
Cultural
Heritage Search Engine
http://www.culturalheritage.net/
Can search by topic or keywords and you have the option to search
the internet or the site. The site is in Italian and English. It
is easy to find other resources or information concerning cultural
heritage.
The
National Initiative for Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH)
http://www.ninch.org/
NINCH is a diverse nonprofit coalition
of arts, humanities and social science organizations created
to assure leadership from the cultural community in the evolution
of the digital environment.
The
Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO)
http://www.amico.org/
AMICO is a non-profit organization of institutions with collections
of art, collaborating to enable educational use of museum multimedia.
Together, AMICO Members are building a licensed digital library,
an educational resource available under subscription to universities
and colleges, public libraries, elementary and secondary schools,
and museums.
Archives
& Museums Informatics
http://www.archimuse.com/
Activities, publishing, consulting and conference information. Well
organized and continually updated. Activities include speakers and
programs, and conferences covering a wide amount of topics. To facilitate
the sharing of information between museums, archives and other cultural
heritage institutions, Archives & Museum Informatics organizes
a series of national and international conferences. A&MI believes
that organizations should have impartial advice and therefore does
not favor any particular software or hardware or accept contracts
to implement systems in which it has had a design role.
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