01075nas a2200121   4500000000100000008004100001100002000042245010500062300001200167490000600179520075400185022001400939                                       d1 aLaura Solanilla00aThe Internet as a Tool for Communicating Life Stories: A New Challenge for ‘Memory Institutions’  a101-1140 v33 aThis paper arguesthat life stories and other personalbiographical accounts should be considered as significantmanifestations of the intangible cultural heritage. Itaddresses the consequences for ‘memory institutions’, i.e.museums, libraries, archives and similar bodies, in relationto the protection and safeguarding of this heritage. First,the main challenges that these institutions have to face inorder to protect this special kind of heritage areconsidered. Second, there is consideration of the mainchanges caused by the introduction of new informationcommunication technologies (ICTs) into the culturalheritage world, and specifically, the effect of ICTdevelopments on the institutions responsible forautobiographical memoirs are examined.  a1975-3586