The impact of modern technologies on the integration of cultural heritage institutions (libraries, archives and museums)

In the history of human civilization, libraries, archives and museums have always been institutions which have facilitated access to information and have scientifically and culturally promoted and improved societies. The growth and development of information and communication technologies has provided unprecedented facilities for cultural heritage institutions. This has also raised new demands for accessibility to the collections of these institutions well outside traditional organizational boundaries. Moreover, due to the increase in the usage of information and communication technologies, the split between these three types pf cultural institutions has decreased and they have become more integrated. Accordingly some countries have established mechanisms to jointly administer libraries, archives and museums. In this paper, the integration of libraries, archives and museums due to development of information technologies is studied.