| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (x, 198 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Fragments of the World -- Contents -- Preface -- List of figures -- Introduction -- Museum directions and perceptions -- Concerns articulated -- Why the problem? -- Too much stuff? -- About this book -- Notes -- The Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford -- Museums -- Variety in museums -- Museums, collections, and economics -- Professional attitudes -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Collections -- The nature of collections -- Practical aspects -- Using functional objects -- Collections and politics -- Collections and cultures -- Collections and conflicts -- Collections: the dark side -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Collections for research -- What research? -- Who researches? -- What do researchers require? -- Case study: archaeological collections of the Museum of London -- Collections researched and less researched -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Collections for ongoing learning -- About learning -- How people think -- Object-based learning: some examples -- What do students learn? -- Museums, collections, and education: the potential -- Universities and museums -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Flea Market -- Collections, memory, and identity -- Concepts of memory and identity -- Museums and memory -- Identities -- Memory in the case of military museums -- Discussion: implications -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Collections and creativity -- Theories of creativity -- The art of the collection -- Stories from collections -- Collections, music, and sound -- Collections as places -- Inspiration for the public -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Beowulf: the treasure and the dragon -- Collections for enjoyment -- How and what we enjoy -- Enjoying stored collections -- Personal visits -- People using collections -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Collections and digitization -- Museum futures -- Digital futures -- Using digital technologies, using collections -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Collections and values -- Introduction -- Culture and economics -- Changes in value -- Measuring cultural value -- Museums and values -- Perspectives on value -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Poetry -- Piecing together the fragments -- Museums and collections in the future -- What can museums do? -- A new focus on collections -- Is there a solution? -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Research method -- Interviews and visits -- Copyright and permissions -- Quotations -- Images -- Index -- Last Page. |
| Summary |
Explores why museum collections are kept and how they can be best put to use using case studies from around the globe. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Museums -- Collection management.
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Museums -- Collection management. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Keene, Suzanne. Fragments of the world. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005 075066472X (DLC) 2005928031 (OCoLC)62525479 |
| ISBN |
0080456413 (electronic book) |
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9780080456416 (electronic book) |
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075066472X (Paper) |
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