The Past Speaks

Heritage organizations are continuously working to establish a digital presence and make better use of IT to communicate with the public.  However, budgetary limitations are increasingly frequent in the heritage field and heritage organizations are forced to balance the benefits of using great new technologies with costs. Some of the software they use to edit photos, create websites, etc., is expensive.  The solution, according to blogger Krista McCracken, may be to use open source software rather than the more expensive proprietary software. In this blog post, Krista outlines a number of programs ideal for people in the public history field. (This post will probably interest a fair number of academic historians as well).