Digital Access and Museums as Platforms - Paperback

by Caroline Wilson-Barnao (Author)

Digital Access and Museums as Platforms draws on interviews with museum practitioners, along with a range of case studies from public and private institutions, in order to investigate the tensions and benefits involved in making cultural collections available using digital technologies.

Author Biography

Caroline Wilson-Barnao is a lecturer in the School of Communication and Arts at the University of Queensland and completed her PhD in 2017. Her career spans two decades of experience in communication and marketing, supporting non-profit, arts organisations and in the corporate sector. She currently teaches in theory and practical subjects. Her research takes a critical focus on the use of digital media in museums, and in 2019 she filled the position of acting director of the master of museum studies program at the University of Queensland.