Wednesday, 3 May 2017



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.
 

1 comment:

  1. Always on the ball :) great image! Really sums e-books up without saying a word

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