Building a Digital Museum: Opportunities for Scholarship and Learning
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Opportunities for Scholarship and Learning
Rick Jones and Christy Allen
Furman University Libraries Digital Collections Center
Building a Digital Museum
About Furman University
• Private liberal arts college in Greenville, SC
• 2,700+ students
• 239 faculty
• 37 digital collections containing 56,000+ digital items
Aboutthe Digital Museum
• Peter Wexler
• The physical collection
• Goals and scope
• Timeline
Planning the Digital Museum
• Managing the collection
• Building the team
• Setting up the equipment
Building the Digital Museum
• Digitizing
• Organizing
• Describing
• Accessing
Goals of the Digital Museum1. Support teaching and
learning across disciplines
2. Hands-on Experience
3. Demonstrate the creative process
4. Serve as a catalyst for interdisciplinary research
1. Support Teaching and Scholarship
Theatre
Art
Music and Dance
Graphic Design
Architecture
2. Hands-on Experience
• Digital technology• Scanners and cameras• Lightroom and Photoshop
• Library and archival skills• Standards• Metadata• Handling rare materials
• Collaboration• With other students• With the artist
3. Demonstrate the Creative Process
4. Serve as a Catalyst for Interdisciplinary Research
Screenshot from Chris Black
Questions
40
The Peter Wexler Digital Museum at Furman University is made possible by a generous and deeply appreciated gift
from Todd and Karen Ruppert.
Unless otherwise stated all models, sculptures, sketches, graphics, designs, and color photos are the property of and
are copyright Peter Wexler. All rights reserved.
All the digital images are the exclusive property of Furman University.
The Peter Wexler Digital Museum at Furman University is for archival, personal, educational, research, and non-commercial use
as defined by U.S. Copyright Law.
Commercial use is prohibited without written permission.