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Importance of Digitization of Cultural and Heritage Materials


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India is rich in culture and heritage. Photographs are one of the important mediums of cultural heritage materials. The present paper emphasizes the importance of photographs as cultural and heritage materials. It discusses different aspects of photographs and the importance of digitization of such materials while presenting different techniques adapted in different projects at different places for posterity as well as for easy accessibility. It also enumerates the importance of the metadata adhering to Dublin Core Metadata Standards.

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Cultural Heritage Materials, Photographs, still Images, Digitization, Preservation, Metadata, Dublin Core.
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P. Lalitha
Kesar SAL Medical College and Research Institute, Opp. Science City, Bhadaj, Ahmedabad 380 060
India


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P. Lalitha
Kesar SAL Medical College and Research Institute, Opp. Science City, Bhadaj, Ahmedabad 380 060, India

Abstract


India is rich in culture and heritage. Photographs are one of the important mediums of cultural heritage materials. The present paper emphasizes the importance of photographs as cultural and heritage materials. It discusses different aspects of photographs and the importance of digitization of such materials while presenting different techniques adapted in different projects at different places for posterity as well as for easy accessibility. It also enumerates the importance of the metadata adhering to Dublin Core Metadata Standards.

Keywords


Cultural Heritage Materials, Photographs, still Images, Digitization, Preservation, Metadata, Dublin Core.

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