Digital heritage

It is also used in the preservation and access of objects with enduring or significant historical, scientific, or cultural value including buildings, archeological sites, and natural phenomena.

Some of the drawbacks refer to the deterioration and technological obsolescence due to the lack of funding for archival materials and underdeveloped policies that would regulate such a process.

Another main social debate has taken place around the restricted accessibility due to the digital divide that exists around the world.

Digital heritage in this instance is used not only to grant access to these objects, but to monitor any changes over time, such as with plant or animal habitats.

The increase of digital items means that people, especially the youth, are able to learn about new objects and cultures online through various media.

Some of the technology used in education, especially in museums, includes mobile apps, virtual reality, social media, and video games.

Cultural heritage institutions are using this technology to try to expand access, increase appreciation for these items, and to gain new viewpoints on their collections.

[13] As new technologies are created, museums and other heritage institutions are provided with more ways of disseminating their information and engaging with the public.

A major barrier to digital heritage is the amount of resources it takes to undertake such projects, such as money, time, and technology.

The collaborative practice encourages the creation, engagement, and maintenance of relationships with the relative communities from which certain information, material, and/or content originates.

The Plateau Peoples' Web Portal is an online archive developed and collaborated on by representatives from six different tribes — the Colville, Coeur d'Alene, Spokane, Umatilla, Yakama, and Warm Springs — along with the team for Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections to curate Plateau peoples' cultural materials.

[20] Digital heritage studies examines how people use the Internet to engage with elements of the past and attribute social and cultural meanings to them in the present.