Textile collections : preservation, access, curation, and interpretation in the digital age /
Collections of textiles-historic costume, quilts, needlework samplers, and the like-have benefited greatly from the digital turn in museum and archival work. Both institutional online repositories and collections-based social media sites have fostered unprecedented access to textile collections that...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Rowman and Littlefield,
[2016]
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| Series: | American Association for State and Local History book series
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| Online Access: | Full text (Emerson users only) Full text (Emmanuel users only) Full text (NECO users only) Full text (MCPHS users only) Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Summary: | Collections of textiles-historic costume, quilts, needlework samplers, and the like-have benefited greatly from the digital turn in museum and archival work. Both institutional online repositories and collections-based social media sites have fostered unprecedented access to textile collections that have traditionally been marginalized in museums. How can curators, interpreters, and collections managers make best use of these new opportunities? To answer this question, the author worked with sites including the Great Lakes Quilt Center at the Michigan State University Museum, the Design Center. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 161 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-154) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442263666 1442263660 |