Nick Poole wrote, from some exotic European destination:
> * Investment banks and commercial investors would be sceptical
of
> investing in Digitisation of cultural heritage as a commercial
proposition
> for the following reasons:
>
>
> * The legal status of the collections is not clear, and hence
it
> is not clear that Digitisation produces an economic asset
>
> * Memory institutions are not technical experts and do not
always
> adopt appropriate technical strategies to maximise revenue
>
> * It is not clear how the material will be used, if at all,
and to
> what purpose
>
> * Memory institutions feel compelled to digitise, but it is
not
> clear that there is demand for these assets
>
> * It is not clear what the revenue potential of digital
cultural
> assets might be
>
> * Technology depreciates very rapidly
>
> * Digitisation tends to span multiple elective periods, and so
is
> at risk of changes in Government priority
It might just be the summary, but doesn't that conflate digitised
assets, which presumably do not depreciate, with technology, which does?
Out of curiosity, do you know which museums/countries they'd worked
with, or was it a general impression?
> Thought you'd enjoy that!
I'm not sure that's the phrase I'd use...
cheers, Mia
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