Similarities and Differences between Cultural Heritage Institutions

In spite of the fact that the organizations which are concerned with cultural heritage including archives, libraries, and museums are different from each other, they have many similar goals and features. Hence, in the case of sharing the sources and protecting the ancestors’ knowledge and intellectual achievements, they have got common interests and procedure.With regard to the importance of the cultural heritage institutions and their impact on one another, the authors of the following article, which is the fifth article in the series of articles about documents, tries to acquaint the reader with the similarities and differences of these organizations. Regarding this, they, first of all, point out the features of the archives, libraries, and museums, and then talks about their similarities and differences. Finally, the universal project GLAMis going to be introduced.