세계유교문화박물관 디지털 아카이브 구축에 관한 연구

Abstract

This paper firstly aims to find practical ideas on how to build the digital archive which belongs to the digital lachiveum in the early stage. Larchiveum is a compound word of library archives and museum. It is an integrated cultural information centers unifying functions of Archives, Libraries and Museums. This cultural complex also provides various information and resources. The World Confucian Cultural Museum was designed with the concept of lachiveum from the beginning, and it is a virtual museum without the real artifacts. In this vein, the World Confucian Cultural Museum has at least two advantages: first, there was no conflict between different sections such as museums and archives. Second, it can save time and cost for collecting artifacts which are digitalized. Meanwhile, there are two types of archive in a broad sense: pure type archive and museum type archive. The former emphasizes ‘originality’ while the latter embraces the importance of “replicability.” The digital archive of the World Confucian Cultural Museum corresponds to the museum type archive, and it focuses on ‘democratic sharing’ instead of ‘exclusive acquisition.’ That is to say, digital artifacts which are on the archives of the World Confucian Cultural Museum can be shown to the other archives. At the same time, the way to collect digital artifacts is done by active sharing them with other organizations. And the identity of this archive is achieved not by possessing rare relics, but by categorize and systematize the shared data in its own way. This paper deals with two practical considerations for the good of the World Confucian Cultural Museum in the long term. First, although this lachiveum deals with universal issues about Confucian culture, it is actually a local museum. That is, without cooperation with local society and local government, it can hardly survive. At the same time, the World Confucian Cultural Museum should have its own identity and brand to compete other Confucian museum worldwide. Henceforth, we offered the solution that the structure of the lachiveum should start from the Confucian legacy of An-dong city and then extend its boundary to the world Confucian culture. Second, users of archives nowadays change from the passive guests to the active participants. Following this trend, the World Confucian Cultural Museum archives should evolve to widen the possibility of user‘s democratic participation. With these two achieved, the World Confucian Cultural Museum can be both local and universal. And it also let users from all around the world participate in the archive in spite of its locality.