Virtual manuscripts for an enhanced museum and web experience 'Living Manuscripts'

Jessica R. Cauchard; Peter F. Ainsworth; Daniela M. Romano; Bob Banks

doi:10.1007/11890881_46

Virtual manuscripts for an enhanced museum and web experience 'Living Manuscripts'

Jessica R. Cauchard
, Peter F. Ainsworth
, Daniela M. Romano
, Bob Banks

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Abstract

Due to preservation and conservation issues, manuscripts are normally kept in research libraries far from public gaze. On rare occasions, visitors can see these priceless objects, typically separated from them by a sealed case, with only a fixed double page spread visible from a manuscript that may contain hundreds of folios. This restricts the amount of knowledge offered by these books. This paper proposes the creation of virtual manuscripts as exhibits in their own right in a museum context, and as part of a web-based virtual learning environment offering visitors the unique opportunity of engaging with the manuscripts, providing further possibilities for accessing the heritage and cultural information contained in them. A database supplying information about and from the manuscripts, held in a virtual environment, creates the illusion of their "real" presence and materiality. 'Living Manuscripts' aims to stimulate and encourage engagement with vulnerable materials via an innovative virtual experience.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interactive Technologies and Sociotechnical Systems - 12th International Conference, VSMM 2006, Proceedings
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	418-427
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	3540463046, 9783540463047
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/11890881_46
State	Published - 1 Jan 2006
Externally published	Yes
Event	12th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2006 - Xi'an, China Duration: 18 Oct 2006 → 20 Oct 2006

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	4270 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	12th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2006
Country/Territory	China
City	Xi'an
Period	18/10/06 → 20/10/06

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Cauchard, J. R., Ainsworth, P. F., Romano, D. M., & Banks, B. (2006). Virtual manuscripts for an enhanced museum and web experience 'Living Manuscripts'. In Interactive Technologies and Sociotechnical Systems - 12th International Conference, VSMM 2006, Proceedings (pp. 418-427). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4270 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/11890881_46

Cauchard, Jessica R. ; Ainsworth, Peter F. ; Romano, Daniela M. et al. / Virtual manuscripts for an enhanced museum and web experience 'Living Manuscripts'. Interactive Technologies and Sociotechnical Systems - 12th International Conference, VSMM 2006, Proceedings. Springer Verlag, 2006. pp. 418-427 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Cauchard, JR, Ainsworth, PF, Romano, DM & Banks, B 2006, Virtual manuscripts for an enhanced museum and web experience 'Living Manuscripts'. in Interactive Technologies and Sociotechnical Systems - 12th International Conference, VSMM 2006, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 4270 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 418-427, 12th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2006, Xi'an, China, 18/10/06. https://doi.org/10.1007/11890881_46

Virtual manuscripts for an enhanced museum and web experience 'Living Manuscripts'. / Cauchard, Jessica R.; Ainsworth, Peter F.; Romano, Daniela M. et al.
Interactive Technologies and Sociotechnical Systems - 12th International Conference, VSMM 2006, Proceedings. Springer Verlag, 2006. p. 418-427 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4270 LNCS).

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Cauchard JR, Ainsworth PF, Romano DM, Banks B. Virtual manuscripts for an enhanced museum and web experience 'Living Manuscripts'. In Interactive Technologies and Sociotechnical Systems - 12th International Conference, VSMM 2006, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2006. p. 418-427. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/11890881_46

Virtual manuscripts for an enhanced museum and web experience 'Living Manuscripts'

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