Collecting and the Internet
Subtitle: essays on the pursuit of old passions through new technologies
By: edited by Susan Koppelman and Alison Franks.
Contributors: Koppelman, Susan.; Franks, Alison, 1944-
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780786438457
Subjects: Collectors and collecting -- Computer network resources; Collectors and collecting -- Social aspects; Collectibles -- Computer network resources; Selling -- Collectibles -- Computer network resources; Internet auctions; Electronic commerce; Computer networks -- Social aspects
Description: "The Internet has had a profound effect on collecting--because of the Web, collectibles are now more readily available, collections more easily displayed for a wider audience, and collectors' online communities are larger and often quite intimate. In this work, essays discuss the age-old habit of collecting and its modern relationship with the Internet"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Collecting the Internet : how individually authored websites have generated nostalgia and a desire to collect the Internet / Kelley C. Smith Feranec; title: Collecting materials born digital / Marilyn A. Dunn; title: Collecting watches on the Internet / Dennis Mills; title: Collecting eyewear on eBay / Jeffrey Kessler; title: The konnection of the Kelly kollection : Kelly doll collectors and the Internet / Jo Ann Kelly Graham; title: Gambler's rush : all that glitters, etc. / Julia Penelope; title: On collecting "La vie en rose" / Terry Evers; title: I want my mp3s : music collecting in the digital age / Annelise Sklar; title: Trading online objects on friendster.com : cyber collecting as socialization / Carson Metzger; title: Tales from the thrift : thrift-shopping enthusiasts tell their stories online / Alison Franks; title: The Venus of Willendorf project / Brenda Oelbaum; title: Grandmom's collection / Elana C. Hurwitz; title: Being collected : selling art on the Internet / Harold Smith; title: The past is always on sale : revisiting culture as commodity : Internet auctions and Judaica collecting / Emily Alice Katz; title: Online museums, exhibits, and archives of American disability history / Penny L. Richards; title: Online therapy, obsession, and entertainment adventures in the international cyber bazaar / Susan Koppelman.