ABSTRACT
Economic Considerations for Libraries, Archives and Museums provides insight into the economics of collaboration across Libraries, Archives, and Museums (LAMs) and cultural heritage funding.
Drawing together a series of global reflections on the past, present and future of cross-sector approaches to preserving and promoting cultural heritage, this volume examines the economic prospects of LAMs from a variety of facets. Divided into five sections, the book covers the five most important areas in the development and sustainability of collaborative LAM projects: the digital environment; collaborative models; education; funding issues; and alternate sources of funding. Responding directly to the issue of a lack of adequate funding for maintaining and providing access to cultural heritage resources globally, the book argues that cultural heritage institutions must seek creative methods for funding and collaboration at all levels to achieve shared goals.
Economic Considerations for Libraries, Archives and Museums will be of interest to all those engaged in the study of library and information science, archival studies, museum studies and digital preservation. Administrators and practitioners will also find much to interest them within the pages of the book.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section I|50 pages
The digital environment
chapter Chapter 1|17 pages
Collaboration among libraries, archives and museums in the United States, 1999–2019
chapter Chapter 2|16 pages
A case study on the future of digital technologies in libraries, archives and museums
part Section II|30 pages
Collaborative models
chapter Chapter 4|17 pages
Lessons learned from digital collaborations
chapter Chapter 5|12 pages
Tribal archives, libraries and museums
part Section III|30 pages
Taking a look at LAM education
chapter Chapter 6|14 pages
Libraries, archives and museums of the future
chapter Chapter 7|15 pages
Promoting collaboration, recognizing the power of information and object in professional identity
part Section IV|54 pages
Funding and sustainability
chapter Chapter 8|13 pages
A case study for collective action through federal grant funding
chapter Chapter 11|14 pages
Banding together against disasters
part Section V|39 pages
The cultural economy