Aya Kimura
Biographic Data
| ID | 3860745 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aya Kimura |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aya |
| FAMILY NAME | Kimura |
| SIGNATURE | KIMURA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ochanomizu University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4109-5355 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Impact of the Covid‐19 Pandemic on Digitization in Museums
Owing to the threat of closure owing to the COVID‐19 pandemic, many museums have shifted to online communication. This study examined how museum digitization practices changed during the COVID‐19 pandemic, according to Lithuanian museum professionals. Although most prior studies investigate the situation during the brief period of lockdowns, we discuss digitization in museums during and after the crisis. The study attempts to answer the research …
Social Media Boost During the Pandemic
As a disease prevention measure during the COVID-19 pandemic, museums worldwide stopped accepting visitors and increased their digital activities as an alternative. This study examines the long-term impact of COVID-19 on social media usage by Lithuanian museums from 2019 to 2021. The research questions were: “Have levels of social media usage by museums increased since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic? If so, how has the content changed?” S…
The elements of museum digitization procedure
Digital technologies are no longer the newest innovative invention but have become daily necessities in museums. This article explores museums’ digitalization elements and their association with other museum activities in Lithuania in order to understand technology usage in museums’ daily activities. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine Lithuanian national and state museums, and qualitative content analysis was adopted for data ana…
Difficulties in Launching Digitization at Museums
Digital technologies are inseparable from museum practices but working on them from scratch has not been well studied. This study explores the difficulties of digitization in 54 Lithuanian municipal museums. The complete questionnaire (N=50) on the targeted museums was conducted in 2017, which aimed to gain empirical data on digitization. Responses to free-text questions in the questionnaire revealed the difficulties of digitization. Faulty equip…
International Students' Experience With Health Care in Japan
The number of foreign residents and visitors in Japan is increasing, which necessitates culturally competent care in hospitals. This study aimed to describe the experience of international students who visited hospitals in Japan. In total, nine international graduate students in a medical university participated in semi-structured interviews in English. The interview contents were transcribed and analyzed using content analysis. While participant…
Gender Ideology and Motherhood
Gender Ideology and Motherhood
International Students' Experience With Health Care in Japan
The number of foreign residents and visitors in Japan is increasing, which necessitates culturally competent care in hospitals. This study aimed to describe the experience of international students who visited hospitals in Japan. In total, nine international graduate students in a medical university participated in semi-structured interviews in English. The interview contents were transcribed and analyzed using content analysis. While participant…
Difficulties in Launching Digitization at Museums
Digital technologies are inseparable from museum practices but working on them from scratch has not been well studied. This study explores the difficulties of digitization in 54 Lithuanian municipal museums. The complete questionnaire (N=50) on the targeted museums was conducted in 2017, which aimed to gain empirical data on digitization. Responses to free-text questions in the questionnaire revealed the difficulties of digitization. Faulty equip…
The elements of museum digitization procedure
Digital technologies are no longer the newest innovative invention but have become daily necessities in museums. This article explores museums’ digitalization elements and their association with other museum activities in Lithuania in order to understand technology usage in museums’ daily activities. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine Lithuanian national and state museums, and qualitative content analysis was adopted for data ana…
The Impact of the Covid‐19 Pandemic on Digitization in Museums
Owing to the threat of closure owing to the COVID‐19 pandemic, many museums have shifted to online communication. This study examined how museum digitization practices changed during the COVID‐19 pandemic, according to Lithuanian museum professionals. Although most prior studies investigate the situation during the brief period of lockdowns, we discuss digitization in museums during and after the crisis. The study attempts to answer the research …
Social Media Boost During the Pandemic
As a disease prevention measure during the COVID-19 pandemic, museums worldwide stopped accepting visitors and increased their digital activities as an alternative. This study examines the long-term impact of COVID-19 on social media usage by Lithuanian museums from 2019 to 2021. The research questions were: “Have levels of social media usage by museums increased since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic? If so, how has the content changed?” S…
Political science (6 works) · Lithuanian (4 works) · Augmented Reality Applications (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Digitization (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (3 works) · Telecommunications (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works)