Nicholas Crofts, “Digital Assets and Digital Burdens: Obstacles to the Dream of Universal Access,” 2008 Annual Conference of CIDOC (Athens, September 15-18, 2008)
http://www.cidoc2008.gr/cidoc/Documents/papers/drfile.2008-06-17.2529839763
Nicholas Crofts, “Digital Assets and Digital Burdens: Obstacles to the Dream of Universal Access,” 2008 Annual Conference of CIDOC (Athens, September 15-18, 2008)
http://www.cidoc2008.gr/cidoc/Documents/papers/drfile.2008-06-17.2529839763
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October 18th, 2008 06:04
This was a good quick read. The article outlines three main issues behind universal access;
1. Adopting new technology is not fun.
2. Merging artifact descriptions is not fun.
3. institutions don’t want everyone to play with their toys.
Generally speaking, I believe that museums resemble Britanica and need help participating in relevant ways within our moderning society. If universal access is done hastily, then we will see an effect similar to craigslist cannibalizing newspapers. Universal access must be modeled after what works for the traditional arts world. Then museums will manifest increases in global public interest by demonstrating leadership as we mature into the information age.
I’ve been working on answering the universal access dilemma and welcome more conversation on this topic. There’s lots to talk about here with progressive laws being passed, technology interaction is blossoming and real outside examples of open standards enhancing markets.
Cheers,
James {at} universalarchive dot org