Handbook of research on heritage management and preservation /

"This book addresses heritage management and preservation. It explores different aspects of heritage management and preservation, ranging from theories that underline the field, areas of convergence and divergence in the field, infrastructure and the policy framework that governs the filed, pri...

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Other Authors: Ngulube, Patrick, (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA) : IGI Global, 2017.
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Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. Chapter 1. Overcoming the difficulties associated with using conceptual and theoretical frameworks in heritage studies ; Chapter 2. Theories of appraisal in archives: from Hillary Jenkinson to Terry Cook's times ; Chapter 3. Archival access and public programming ; Chapter 4. Using action research to develop a public programming strategy for heritage assets, with an example from South Africa ; Chapter 5. The nature and utilisation of archival records deposited in Makerere University Library, Uganda ; Chapter 6. White British diasporas in East and Central Africa: resources for study and future heritage provision ; Chapter 7. Managing audio-visual resources in selected developed and Developing Countries ; Chapter 8. Preservation and access to digital materials: strategic policy options for Africa ; Chapter 9. The scope and appetite for technology-assisted sensitivity reviewing of born-digital records in a resource poor environment: a case study from Malawi ; Chapter 10. Environmental consideration in the preservation of paper materials in heritage institutions in the East and Southern African Region ; Chapter 11. A framework for a good recordkeeping system ; Chapter 12. Management of public sector records and archives in Botswana ; Chapter 13. Managing public sector records in Namibia ; Chapter 14. Management of records and archives in Uganda's public sector
  • Section 2. Chapter 15. Some economics of conservation of cultural heritage: the key questions ; Chapter 16. Culture and heritage preservation in an era of globalization and modernism: a comparative study of China and Nigeria ; Chapter 17. The nature and scope of cultural heritage resources management in South Africa ; Chapter 18. Revitalising the South African museum sector: new museological trends ; Chapter 19. Incorporating indigenous knowledge in the preservation of collections at the Batonga Community Museum in Zimbabwe ; Chapter 20. Challenging the concept of infinity retention of collections in selected national museums in Zimbabwe ; Chapter 21. Coverage of cultural heritage in mass media publications in Zimbabwe.