The Rise and Fall of the Wonder Okinawa Digital Archive: Comparing Japanese and American Conceptualizations of Digital Archives

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外文摘要：This paper examines the development of what once was Japan's largest local digital archive, Wonder Okinawa, created in 2003. It collected a diverse view of Okinawa's cultural properties as a treasure house for future generations. It was created under the banner of establishing an Okinawan "brand" to promote tourism, and to nurture human resources, so that Okinawa could foster a hub of IT industries. In the early 2000s, the national government envisioned digital archives as part of its scheme to become a highly networked society, as the means to address social problems, such as the low birthrate, graying population, and shrinking workforce. The digital archive project spearheaded the government's effort. However, the $13.5 millon project was dismantled less than a decade after its spectacular debut. The paper analyzes the causes of the failure and explores some key differences between the conceptual model of digital archives in Japan and North America.

外文关键词：

Digital archivesRegional digital archivesE-Japan strategyIntellectual propertyCultural preservationFunding digital archivesRegional identity

作者：

Andrew Wertheimer、Noriko Asato

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作者单位：

Library and Information Science Program, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA

会议名称：

International conference on Asian-Pacific digital libraries

会议地点：

Tsukuba(JP)

会议母体文献：

Digital libraries: knowledge, information, and data in an open access society

页码：

63-76

出版时间：

2016

DOI：

10.1007/978-3-319-49304-6_9