Publication Announcement:

Journal of Museum Education, Spring 2007, Vol. 32 No. 1, has just been published. Digital Technology in Japanese Museums Guest Editors: Makoto Manabe and Lois Lydens, National Science Museum, Tokyo Summary Increasingly, people are incorporating digital technology into their everyday lives, andmuseums have responded to this technology explosion with a multitude of applications. Within the past ten years, digital technology has become a watchword for museum planners, and professionals across Japan have been trying out new technologies in the museum environment. This issue features a discussion of different devices and their applications in art, science, and history museums. Do new technologies enhance or distract from a visitor’s experience? Do they improve accessibility or make the visitor confused? The content of this issue focuses on the design, description and evaluation of several projects that were conducted recently in different museums throughout Japan.

Contents:

• From the Guest Editors Makoto Manabe and Lois Lydens
• Digital Technology at the National Science Museum of Japan byLois Lydens, Yasuji Saito, and Tohru Inoue
• Brief Pictorial Description of New Mobile Technologies Used in Cultural Institutions in Japan by Yumi Awano
• Making Connections: Using Mobile Phones as a Museum Tool by Makoto Manabe and Lois Lydens
• Using a Mobile Phone Tour to Visit the Ueno Zoological Gardens and the National Science Museum in Tokyo, Japan by Hiroyuki Arita-Kikutani and Kazuhiro Sakamoto
• What Impressions Do People Have Regarding Mobile Guidance Services in Museums? Designing a Questionnaire that Uses Opinions from the General Public by Hiromi Sekiguchi and Hirokazu Yoshimura
• Museum Personnel’s Opinions on Mobile Guidance Systems by Hirokazu Yoshimura, Hiromi Sekiguchi, and Yoshitaka Yabumoto
• User-Centered Design: Improving Viewers’ Learning Opportunities in Art Museums in Japan by Kiyoka Fushimi and Kiyofumi Motoyama
• From the Editor Monica M. Smith

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