Simmons GSLIS DCL

Cultural heritage informatics is the study of and the creation of added cultural value by the linking of disparate digital data sets, stored either locally or remotely according to accepted standards of description, arrangement, and metadata for archives, records management, museums or cultural materials. Cultural heritage informatics appraises data and data sets for enduring value in the context of archives or cultural heritage. Cultural heritage informatics explores the creation of new relationships and new knowledge by bringing digital data sets representing social and cultural activity together in novel ways.