We've had several queries about the Best of the Web Awards for 2009. Guess people are planning ahead.

Our schedule will be the same as previous years, with nominations opening in November. Right now, plans are to have all nominations go right to the conference.archimuse.com site [see last year's], so we can all watch them come in.

Each year Museums and the Web recognises the best work in museum web design and development in the Best of the Web competition. A panel of judges reviews sites nominated by the community, and selects sites in a number of categories.

Here are the winners. Congratulations to the sites named below (with comments from the Best of the Web 2008 panel).

Just a reminder to register your Best of the Web people's choice vote soon -- the com petition will close this afternoon, so that we can announce the winner tonight at the BoW award

jt

have you got any thoughts about  the Best of the Web people's choice awards?

please, post your reactions here, as a comment on this thread. it's a bit of an experiment this year, but we'd like to get it right for mw2009.

let us know what you think....

This hasn't been noted here, so i thought i'd pass on this bit of slightly late news [i've got my nose in the Museums and the Web proceedings production...]

The Science Museum, London, has won both Best Game and Best of Show at SXSW for its game Launchball http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/launchpad/launchball/

See http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/web_awards/winners/ for the other winners

and see Mike Ellis's blog posting about the development http://electronicmuseum.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/launchball-we-did-it-differently-and-got-it-right/

Way to Go, Guys!

We've just released the first group of Best of the Web nominations, on the Museums and the Web 2008 conference site. So far, over 60 sites have been suggested as worthy of recognition in one of the seven BoW categories:

• On-line Exhibition
• Educational Site
• Museum Professional's Site
• Research Site
• Online Community or Service
• Podcast (Audio / Video)
• Innovative or Experimental Site

There are also two categories where the judges make choices from all the sites nominated.

• Small
• Best Overall Museum Site

Make sure you take a look at the List of Sites nominated. If your favourite isn't there, let us know by submitting the Nomination Form. The Deadline for Nominations is February 1, 2008.

Thanks for helping us discover the Best of the Web!

jennifer