Reflection of lecture 2017/05/02
The chief motivation for digitising materials (books)
is to make them easily accessible (internet) and usable. This would be relevant
if material are vulnerable to damage (old books, art work, maps, etc.).
Libraries, archives and museums are very active in digitising processes.
I can remember when I did some research (2015) at the
University of Cape Town’s special collection of Monica Wilson. I was researching the role of missionaries in South Africa, Monica Wilson was the daughter of missionaries. I must make mention
of the fact that there was a “guard” standing behind us in the room, this was
to ensure that no harm comes to documents or documents go missing. Also,
handling of old documents and photos will surely do damage in the long run. So the
digitisation of documents does make sense, but the challenges of digitisation
are many, digitising large amounts of materials, complexity of certain types of
materials, etc. For a student like me, digitisation is a boon. I can access a free e-book 24/7, via the
internet. I can also carry many books or the entire library, digitally
speaking, with ease on my kindle or laptop.
Always on the ball :) great image! Really sums e-books up without saying a word
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