Repositories of public knowledge (RPKs) / "Memory Institutions"
RKPs or "memory institutions" are generic terms used about, among others, achieves, libraries and museums. Increasingly are such institutions considered as a part of more general documentation/-information science perspectives.
Literature:
Hjerppe, R. (1994) A framework for the description of generalized documents. Advances in Knowledge Organization, 4, 173180.
Usherwood, B.; Wilson, K. & Bryson, J. (2005). Relevant repositories of public knowledge? Libraries, museums and archives in ‘the information age’. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 37(2), 89-98.
See also: Archive; Clearinghouse; Data archive; Library, Museum (lifeboat for KO).
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 23-05-2006