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Museums and the Web Benchmarking Survey: Time for an Update

Mon, 2008-07-07 12:05 — jtrant

Some time ago – in 2005 – Archives & Museum Informatics launched a survey of museum web activities. We noted then that:

Each financial cycle museum Webmasters struggle
to justify their budget requests. Whenever statistical reports are
circulated someone asks, "How do we compare?" When exploring the
benefits of a new function, Web teams ask themselves "Is it worth the
investment?" Answers to these questions are hard to come by.

[see http://www.archimuse.com/research/mwbenchmarks/index.html for the full background]

This survey – the results of which are written up at http://www.archimuse.com/research/mwbenchmarks/report/mwbenchmarks2005.html  – was designed to help fill some of the voids in our knowledge. As a first stab at the problem we realise that it wasn't perfect. And things have changed since 2005!

We've been asked to update the survey for a client-group of museums, and thought we'd use the opportunity to ask for input from the community as well. If we're going to launch it again more broadly, we'd like it to be useful to you ...

So, please, take a look at the questions – available as a PDF from http://www.archimuse.com/research/mwbenchmarks/MW-Survey05.pdf – and post your thoughts on revisions or additional questions here. 

jtrant's picture

What are the [core] functions of a museum web site?

Mon, 2008-04-28 16:08 — jtrant

david and i are completing an article for the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science .... it's got me wondering about what the 'general, intelligent reader' might want to know about museums and the web. 

i'm thinking we need to answer the following questions:

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PDF- Now we have Web 2.0 tools, how do we use them?

Sat, 2008-04-12 11:17 — dgreenfield

Several people asked for a copy of my presentation, so here is a pdf of it.
Thanks for the attending/participating!

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Blogging with Master Bloggers Mike Ellis and Brian Kelly

Wed, 2008-04-09 14:08 — arkrausehardie

I'm at MW2008 conference in Montreal, and I’ve just been sitting in a great workshop on blogging run by Brian Kelly & Mike Ellis.

Its exciting to see the diversity of people in the session – coming from North America, Europe and New Zealand, and yet the similarity of needs and goals...

Session highlights:

Challenges to blogs: How do we...

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Dresdengallery at Second Life

Fri, 2007-09-14 09:54 — Andreas Henning

Virtual clone of the Old Masters Picture Gallery Dresden in Second Life

The State Art Collections Dresden (Germany) are the first museum to have responded to the new challenges of the web by producing a genuine 1:1 clone of the Old Masters Picture Gallery. This concept is therefore fundamentally different from the many purely fictitious museum creations on the web which have no counterpart in real life.

Dresdengallery Hall of Raphael's Sistine MadonnaDresdengallery: Hall of Raphael's Sistine Madonna

The whole of the gallery building is reproduced: all 56 halls and cabinets, and every one of the 750 paintings. Basic information about each work of art can be obtained, special events are offered by the Education department, visitors can record their impressions in the Guestbook and a shop offers virtual products. Since the opening at the end of May 2007 there are circa 170 visitors daily.

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