DigitalHeritage
Canon umbrella tag for digital practice in cultural heritage: access, interpretation, collections, participation, platforms, preservation, and institutional strategy.
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Search Engine Optimization for Heritage Websites
At the Chemical Heritage Foundation, a focused SEO experiment tested whether stronger content structure could increase discovery of authoritative historical information. Ten high-traffic biography pages were enriched with video, images, internal and external links, related content,…
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The Burning of Columbia Uses Digital Media to Commemorate History
Historic Columbia used websites, social media, and real-time historical storytelling to mark the 150th anniversary of the Burning of Columbia during the Civil War. Carrie Phillips explains how the organization defined its goals, coordinated platforms, divided…
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GLAM-Wiki for Cultural Heritage Institutions
At the Chemical Heritage Foundation, a Wikipedian in Residence program turned Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons into extensions of the institution’s collections-access strategy. The initiative contributed images, improved articles, trained staff, hosted edit-a-thons, and reached audiences far…
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Goals, Objectives and Tactics for #DigitalHeritage Outreach Planning
This strategy framework argues that digital heritage work should begin with mission, audiences, and measurable goals rather than with tools. Developed from a Society for Historical Archaeology presentation, it distinguishes goals, objectives, and tactics while addressing…
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RSS and Aggregation: The Web You Want, Where You Want It
This piece revisits RSS as a way to actively shape an information environment rather than passively accept whatever a social platform chooses to surface. Written after the decline of Google Reader, it argues that aggregation still…
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Going Mobile: Implications of Mobile Technology Uptake for Cultural Organizations
Marcus J. Wilson argues that cultural organizations need to treat mobile access as a fundamental design requirement rather than an optional enhancement. Written as smartphones and tablets were rapidly reshaping web use, the piece examines responsive…
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Paisley’s Past, Part II: Building the Team, Organizational Support and Funding
The second Paisley’s Past installment shows community archaeology moving from idea to organization. Claire Casey describes assembling a multidisciplinary team, conducting reconnaissance, building relationships with local institutions, seeking funding, and creating the support structure needed for…