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Published: March 1999.
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Sessions, papers, and panels explored theory and practice at both basic and advanced levels.
For the third year in a row, speakers from around the world came to Museums and the Web to report on their activities, and explored the issues they are facing as they move museology on-line. Sessions explored the social, organizational and technical issues involved in bringing museum programs on-line.
9:30 AM- 11:00 AMplenary |
Neon Paintbrush
From the Mountains of the Moon to the Neon Paintbrush: Seeing and Technology
Peter Walsh, Davis Museum and Cultural Center, USA
Respondent
Dakin Hart, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, USA
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11:30 AM- 1:00 PMdesign / development |
Design and Navigation of Museum Web Sites
New Media Demands New Structures
Tanja Gompf, ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Germany
A Spatial Approach for the Access, Manipulation and Publication of Digital Library Artifacts
Dion H. Goh, Texas A & M University, USA John J. Leggett, Texas A & M University, USA
Designing Web User Interfaces Adaptable to Different Types of Use
Fabio Paterno, CNUCE - CNR, Italy Cristiano Mancini, CNUCE-CNR, Italy
Design, Navigation and Content
Jim Spadaccini, The Exploratorium, USA
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11:30 AM- 1:00 PMissues |
Diverse Perspectives on Intellectual Property in the Digital World
Copyright Obstacles to Exploiting Websites - A European View
Graham P. Cornish, The British Library, United Kingdom
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11:30 AM- 1:00 PMeducation |
Telling Stories: Making Data Sing and Dance
Once Upon a Time: Using New Narratives in Educational Web Sites
Bart Marable, Terra Incognita Interactive Media, USA
Exploring Narrative: Telling Stories and Making Connections
Guy Hermann, Mystic Seaport Museum, USA
Telling Stories: Procedural Authorship and Compelling Museum Databases
Steve Dietz, Walker Art Center, USA
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2:00 PM- 3:30 PMresearch |
Enabling Scholarly Research on the Web
Using Primary Data to Design Web Sites for Public and Scientific Audiences
Peter Siegel, American Museum of Natural History, USA Nina Grigoryeva, American Museum of Natural History, USA
A Model to Support Literary Research Collections on the World Wide Web
Colleen Phelan, City University, United Kingdom Micheline Beaulieu, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Shipwrecks on the Web: Guernsey Museum and the NAVIS Project
Alan C. Howell, Guernsey Museums & Galleries, Channel Islands
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2:00 PM- 3:30 PMeducation |
Enhanced Student Experiences
Creating an Interactive Student Medium for Learning About the Holocaust
David Klevan, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, USA Arnold Kramer, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, USA
Building and Sustaining Learning Communities
Nancy Hechinger, American Museum of Natural History, USA
Linking and Thinking - The Museum@School
Susan Hazan, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
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2:00 PM- 3:30 PMdesign / development |
Evaluation
A survey of characteristics and patterns of behavior in visitors to a museum Web site
John C. Chadwick, Institute for Learning Innovation, USA
Editing Program: "Web Musing": Evaluating Museums on the Web from Learning Theory to Methodology
Lynne Teather, University of Toronto, Canada Kelly Wilhelm, University of Toronto, Canada
Design Patterns for Museum Web Sites
Franca Garzotto, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Angela Discenza, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
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4:00 PM- 5:30 PMdesign / development |
Building Traffic to Your Site
Promoting a Museum Website on the Net
Giuliano Gaia, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnica, Italy
If You Build It They Will Come.....Won't They? - Marketing a Web Presence
Katie Streten, Science Museum, United Kingdom
Directing Traffic to Your Website
Mark Harden, The Artchive, USA
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4:00 PM- 5:30 PMissues |
Community and Content
Broadening Access to Native American Collections via the Internet
Maurita Peterson Holland, University of Michigan, USA Kari Smith, University of Michigan, USA
Connectivity, Collaboration and Culture: Challenges of African Museums on the Web
Lorna Abungu, National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Lawrence Monda, National Museums of Kenya, Kenya George Ombachi, National Museums of Kenya, Kenya
Museum of the Person: a Brazilian Experience of Virtual Museum.
José Santos Matos, Museu da Pessoa, Brazil Karen Worcman, Museu da Pessoa, Brazil Rosali Henriques, Museu da Pessoa, Brazil
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4:00 PM- 5:30 PMeducation |
Tools for Teachers
Cultural Heritage Outreach and Museum/School Partnerships: Initiatives at the School of Information, University of Michigan
C. Olivia Frost, University Of Michigan, USA
Unlocking the Treasure Chest Using SCRAN Tools
Sandy Buchanan, Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN), Scotland
museum@online
Helmut Stemmer, Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, Austria
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5:30 PM- 6:30 PMawards |
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9:30 AM- 11:00 AMimplementation |
After the Honeymoon: Managing a Multiple-Institution Collaboration
Panel Discussion
Scott A. Sayre, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, USA Robin Dowden, Walker Art Center, USA James Blackaby, Walker Art Center, USA Jennifer Trant, Art Museum Image Consortium, USA
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9:30 AM- 11:00 AMfunding |
Potential Funding Sources for Electronic Information Dissemination Projects in Museums
Panel Discussion on Funding Opportunities
Sarah Ridley, National Endowment for the Humanities, USA Donald Druker, United States Department of Commerce, USA Jeanne E. McConnell, Institute of Museum and Library Services, USA Mary S. Carroll, National Center for Preservation Technology, USA
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9:30 AM- 11:00 AMmuseology |
The Virtual and the Real
Playing Exhibitions: Gaming On-line and In-gallery
Kathryn Saunders, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada
The Virtual Museum of New France, a Museum That Exists Only on the Internet
Jean-Pierre Hardy, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canada
The European Cycloramas - 19th Century Virtual Reality and the Internet
Niko Hofinger, Austria
Cultural Heritage Presentation in Interactive Digital Media.
James Devine, University of Glasgow, Scotland
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11:30 AM- 1:00 PMmuseology |
Curating Online: Beyond Exhibition
In Search of Meaningful Events: Curatorial Algorithms and Malleable Aesthetics
Andy C. Deck, New York University, USA
Is the Web a Communication Tool or Digital Disneyland for Art Works?
Perttu Rastas, Contemporary Art Museum, Finland
'DissemiNET' - a Prototype of a Net Based Curatorial System
Sawad Brooks, UTENSIL, USA Beth Stryker, UTENSIL, USA
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11:30 AM- 1:00 PMfunding |
IMLS Sponsored R&D Projects
Digital Image Managers for the New Millennium: A Museum / University Collaboration
Samantha Hastings, University of North Texas, USA
Museums and Libraries in the Age of the Internet: Lessons Learned from a Collaborative Website
Deborah Schwartz, Brooklyn Museum of Art, USA
Distributing a Licensed Resource to Schools and Libraries
Sonja Staum-Kuniej, Herron School of Art Library, USA
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11:30 AM- 1:00 PMimplementation |
Time for Renovations
Revising the Finnish National Gallery’s Web Pages
Eija Liukkonen, The Finnish National Gallery, Finland Riikka Haapalainen, Finnish National Gallery, Finland
So We've Got a Web Site, Now What?
Edward Rodley, Museum of Science, USA
Inside the Meta Center: A Cabinet of Wonder
Sarah Kenderdine, Powerhouse Museum, Australia
The Invisible Person: an Interactive Virtual Environment at the Technisches Museum Wien
Otmar Moritsch, Technisches Museum Wien, Austria Harald Krämer, Museumskonsulent, Austria
Time for Renovations: A Survey of Museum web Sites
Jonathan Bowen, University of Reading, United Kingdom
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2:00 PM- 3:30 PMimplementation |
Large-Scale, High-Precision Web Retrieval
Meta-Data Resource Discovery and Educational Information on the Internet:The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) Project
Carrie Lowe, ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology, USA
Convergence and Integration Online: The Arts and Humanities Data Service Gateway and Catalogues
Neil Beagrie, King's College London, United Kingdom
In-Line Graphic Pattern-Directed Search of Archives and Collections
Steven Kimbrough, University of Pennsylvania, USA Garett Dworman, University of Pennsylvania, USA Charles Patch, Historic New Orleans Collection, USA
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2:00 PM- 3:30 PMmuseology |
Webcasting Opportunities for Museums
Live Web Broadcasting
Norbert Kanter, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Germany
Live@Exploratorium
Noel Wanner, The Exploratorium, USA
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4:00 PM- 5:30 PMimplementation |
Academic Users of Museum Web Sites
Conceptual and Intermedia Arts Online: The Challenge of Documenting and Presenting Non-traditional Art Collections
Richard Rinehart, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Camera Lucida: AMICO in an Art History Classroom
Colleen Skidmore, University of Alberta, Canada Sandra Dowie, University of Alberta, Canada
Art History Webmasters, As a listserv and Organization
Robert Derome, University of Quebec - Montreal, Canada
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4:00 PM- 5:30 PMmuseology |
Shock of the View
Panel Discussion on Audiences, Artists and Museums in the Digital Age
Steve Dietz, Walker Art Center, USA Randall Packer, San Jose Museum of Art, USA Carl DiSalvo, Bitstream Underground, USA Peter Walsh, Davis Museum and Cultural Center, USA Sarah Schultz, Walker Art Gallery, USA
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8:30 AM- 10:00 AMdemonstration
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9:30 AM- 10:30 AMup close
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12:00 PM- 1:30 PMdemonstration
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1:00 PM- 2:00 PMup close
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2:00 PM- 4:00 PMplenary |
Socializing Virtual Space
Cooperative Visits for Museum WWW Sites
Thimoty Barbieri, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Paolo Paolini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Paolo Loiudice, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Francesca Alonzo, Poitecnico di Milano, Italy Giuliano Gaia, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnica, Italy
Collaborative Digital Environments for Art Education / Exploration
Slavko Milekic, Hampshire College, USA
Keeping the Virtual Social
Larry Friedlander, Stanford Learning Lab, USA
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