National Inventories: from catalogues to computers

This article reviews the development of online national archaeological records, and the changes brought about by the shift in focus towards computer-based inventories and their wider accessibility through the Internet. It identifies a series of issues that have arisen at least partly as a result of...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Diana Murray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of York 2004-01-01
Series:Internet Archaeology
Subjects:
Online Access:http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue15/murray_index.html
id doaj-edef813c006745aca540dd1df62b687e
record_format Article
spelling doaj-edef813c006745aca540dd1df62b687e2020-11-24T23:09:20ZengUniversity of YorkInternet Archaeology1363-53872004-01-011510.11141/ia.15.5National Inventories: from catalogues to computersDiana Murray 0Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of ScotlandThis article reviews the development of online national archaeological records, and the changes brought about by the shift in focus towards computer-based inventories and their wider accessibility through the Internet. It identifies a series of issues that have arisen at least partly as a result of this wider dissemination of information, and proposes a number of ways forward. (Note: while including references to the NMRs in England and Wales, this article largely reflects the experiences and concepts of the National Monuments Record of Scotland). http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue15/murray_index.htmlarchaeologynational archaeological recordsinternettechnologyinformationaccessibility
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Diana Murray
spellingShingle Diana Murray
National Inventories: from catalogues to computers
Internet Archaeology
archaeology
national archaeological records
internet
technology
information
accessibility
author_facet Diana Murray
author_sort Diana Murray
title National Inventories: from catalogues to computers
title_short National Inventories: from catalogues to computers
title_full National Inventories: from catalogues to computers
title_fullStr National Inventories: from catalogues to computers
title_full_unstemmed National Inventories: from catalogues to computers
title_sort national inventories: from catalogues to computers
publisher University of York
series Internet Archaeology
issn 1363-5387
publishDate 2004-01-01
description This article reviews the development of online national archaeological records, and the changes brought about by the shift in focus towards computer-based inventories and their wider accessibility through the Internet. It identifies a series of issues that have arisen at least partly as a result of this wider dissemination of information, and proposes a number of ways forward. (Note: while including references to the NMRs in England and Wales, this article largely reflects the experiences and concepts of the National Monuments Record of Scotland).
topic archaeology
national archaeological records
internet
technology
information
accessibility
url http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue15/murray_index.html
work_keys_str_mv AT dianamurray nationalinventoriesfromcataloguestocomputers
_version_ 1725610412687228928