DigiCULT Thematic Issue 6 - Now Available Resource Discovery Technologies for the Heritage Sector, June 2004 This sixth Thematic Issue concentrates on how resource discovery technologies can ensure that the high value, authoritative information of heritage institutions is effectively found, retrieved, and presented to Internet users. With a key focus on the user, the Issue looks into user-driven approaches in interactive resource discovery. Expert opinion suggests that offering easy to use services and tools able to integrate the research and learning needs and behaviours of their users may form one of the heritage institutions’ answers to the dominance of general-purpose global search engines. However, along with ensuring state-of-the-art interactive access and presentation, the heritage sector will also need to raise the public’s awareness to, and visibility of, its online resources in a more profound manner. Otherwise it faces the risk that the large investment required in creating digital collections, rich descriptive metadata, study and learning material, will fail to realise a high return – in terms of interest and appreciation, discovery and valuable uses of heritage resources. Download Thematic Issue 6: Link HiRes (4,9 MB) http://www.digicult.info/pages/pubpop.php?file=http://www.digicult.info/downloads/digicult_thematic_issue6.pdf Link LoRes (1,8 MB) http://www.digicult.info/pages/pubpop.php?file=http://www.digicult.info/downloads/digicult_thematic_issue_6_lores.pdf DigiCULT Publications offer a valuable resource of mission-critical information in the selection and use of digital technologies for Europe’s heritage organisations: - Thematic Issues: results of expert forums http://www.digicult.info/pages/Themiss.php - DigiCULT Technology Watch Reports: in-depth technology evaluation http://www.digicult.info/pages/techwatch.php - DigiCULT.Info Newsletter: articles about services, studies, technologies, and activities http://www.digicult.info/pages/newsletter.php - DigiCULT Website: project information, events, links, resources along with all publications. http://www.digicult.info/ All available publications can be downloaded free of charge. New: DigiCULT Cultural Heritage Professional CV Access Service http://www.digicult.info/pages/digicv.php Subscribe to the Newsletter DigiCULT.Info http://www.digicult.info/pages/subscribe.php Submit an Event http://www.digicult.info/pages/addevent.php Submit a Web Resource http://www.digicult.info/pages/resources.php (c) DigiCULT Forum 2002-2004