1. CONSTANTLY hilarious to me how people discover sports fandom exists
2. Sorry I can't shut up about museums!! I'd think slightly differently in the sense that digitisation is just
one thing that museums have to do amongst many others - often more pressing things - whereas as you've pointed out it's nearly necessary for the purpose of selling, and the ways that museums digitise things can also be limited by for example conservation or equipment in a way that an auction house might not. SORRY AGAIN I just always feel an irrational need to defend museums about this point because while it is important and while I'm sure there can be easily fixable human reasons as well I can see why there are a lot of other issues that may impede smaller institutions especially!
this is a great and important addition, thank you so much rach!!! i was writing quickly so didn't dwell on the point but i was thinking in particular about the huge breadth of difference in some museums' approach to digitization & access versus others, and how that even tends to differ between countries - i'm sure you've noticed how australian/NZ digital resources tend to be much more accessible than UK/US, etc. it's not something i'm nearly as well-versed in the various reasons behind as you are, but it does really interest me!!
1. CONSTANTLY hilarious to me how people discover sports fandom exists
2. Sorry I can't shut up about museums!! I'd think slightly differently in the sense that digitisation is just
one thing that museums have to do amongst many others - often more pressing things - whereas as you've pointed out it's nearly necessary for the purpose of selling, and the ways that museums digitise things can also be limited by for example conservation or equipment in a way that an auction house might not. SORRY AGAIN I just always feel an irrational need to defend museums about this point because while it is important and while I'm sure there can be easily fixable human reasons as well I can see why there are a lot of other issues that may impede smaller institutions especially!
this is a great and important addition, thank you so much rach!!! i was writing quickly so didn't dwell on the point but i was thinking in particular about the huge breadth of difference in some museums' approach to digitization & access versus others, and how that even tends to differ between countries - i'm sure you've noticed how australian/NZ digital resources tend to be much more accessible than UK/US, etc. it's not something i'm nearly as well-versed in the various reasons behind as you are, but it does really interest me!!