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Digital imagery for significant cultural and historical materials

An emerging research field bridging people, culture, and technologies

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Digital imagery for significant cultural and historical materials is an emerging research field that bridges people, culture, and technologies. In this paper, we first discuss the great importance of this field. Then we focus on its four interrelated subareas: (1) creation and preservation, (2) retrieval, (3) presentation and usability, and (4) applications and use. We propose several mechanisms to encourage collaboration and argue that the field has high potential impact on our digital society. Finally, we make specific recommendations on what to pursue in this field.

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  1. Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, MA, USA

    Ching-chih Chen

  2. School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Howard D. Wactlar

  3. School of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

    James Z. Wang

  4. College of Arts and Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

    Kevin Kiernan

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Chen, Cc., Wactlar, H., Wang, J. et al. Digital imagery for significant cultural and historical materials. Int J Digit Libr 5, 275–286 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-004-0097-5

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