Museum informatics

Museum informatics is an interdisciplinary field of study in the area of museum studies, relating to the use of information science and information technology.^[1][2] It refers to the theory and application of informatics by museums.

Overview

Archives and Museum Informatics is a leading journal in the field of museum informatics. University courses relating to museology include a component on museum informatics.^[3][4] The Museum Computer Network (MCN) in the USA holds an annual conference and runs the MCN-L electronic mailing list. The Museums Computer Group (MCG) in the United Kingdom also holds meetings relevant to museum informatics. The ICHIM conference series in Europe and the Museums and the Web conference series in North America cover aspects of museum informatics. Other relevant conferences include the EVA Conferences. Books are available on the subject.^[5][6]

There have been a number of collaborative projects in the field of museum informatics such as AMICO, Artstor, the Museum Informatics Project (MIP),^[1] and steve.museum. The International Council of Museums (ICOM), through Cary Karp, was instrumental in initiating the ".museum" top-level domain for museums on the Internet. Companies such as Archives & Museum Informatics in Canada and Cogapp in the United Kingdom help museums in using information technology effectively.

See also

• Archival informatics
• Library science

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Museum Informatics Project (MIP)". University of California, Berkeley, USA. http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/. Retrieved August 2, 2011. 
2. ^ Marty, Paul F. (2011). "Museum Informatics". Florida State University, USA. http://marty.cci.fsu.edu/research_museinfo.html. Retrieved August 2, 2011. 
3. ^ Heidorn Bryan and Twidale, Michael (2007). "LIS 490MUG / LIS490MUU Museum Informatics". Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. http://www.gslis.org/index.php?title=Museum_Informatics. Retrieved August 2, 2011. 
4. ^ Marty, Paul F. (2011). "LIS 5590 Museum Informatics". Florida State University, USA. http://marty.cci.fsu.edu/lis5590/. Retrieved August 2, 2011. 
5. ^ Marty, Paul F. and Jones, Katherine Burton (2007). Museum Informatics: People, Information, and Technology in Museums. Routledge Studies in Library and Information Science. ISBN 978-0824725815. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780824725815/. 
6. ^ Jones-Garmil, Katherine, ed (1997). The Wired Museum: Emerging Technology and Changing Paradigms. American Association of Museums. ISBN 0-931201-36-5. 

Bibliography

• Marty, P.F., Rayward, W.B., and Twidale, M.B. (2003). Museum Informatics. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 37, 259–294.
• Marty, P.F. (2003). Museum Informatics. In Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (pp. 1906–1913). New York: Marcel Dekker.

External links

• Museum Informatics people on Academia.edu
• Museum Informatics papers on Academia.edu