Thanks for the response. Before I answer, please note that the list serve cut off part of the URL. Please copy and paste the whole URL into your browser:
http://www.northwestmuseum.org/index.cfm/Exhibits_Collections_STORIES_FROM_W ITHIN.htm We are driving traffic to the site by word of mouth (our educators are going out to schools), through the exhibit in the gallery (we have a kiosk linking to the site), via our weekly newsletter and targeted email to school teachers. Any suggestions on how to drive more traffic here would be more than welcome. In one week we have had about 600 hits on the entry page and an average of 50 hits on each individual page. Most people are just looking, but we are starting to see comments on line as well. Of course in the gallery there is a table where visitors can write their comments and stories on paper. Thanks again. Peter Turner Information Technology Specialist Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical Society 2316 West First Ave Spokane, WA 99201 Phone 509-363-5327 Fax 509-363-5303 Email petert at northwestmuseum.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Harper, Lucy Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 9:21 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Stories from Within - Can you review and comment please. Peter, I'd be curious if you'd share with us the ways you are driving traffic to this web exhibition. What sort of pr are you doing (print & online)? Are you reaching out to specific populations, such as K-12 teachers? Our education department did something similar, although not specifically focused on narrative works, entitled Community Voices in the Gallery, which we published in print, and are distributing to the individual authors...it was part of a particular K-12 English Language Arts class, who worked with a local poet. Due to staffing constraints it took several years to pull together the print publication. I like the way you've broadened the pool of responders by giving it an online presence. I can just imagine the copyright implications. Lu Harper Librarian/Webmaster Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester lharper at mag.rochester.edu -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Turner Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 11:59 AM To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' Subject: [MCN-L] Stories from Within - Can you review and comment please. Hi there, At the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture we had the opportunity given to us to create a web component to a small but interesting exhibit created by our education department. We had virtually no budget, limited time, and restricted resources - but we did have a core group people dedicated to making it work. It has given us a lot of challenges - many of them legal associated with such fun stuff as copyright, freedom of speech and censorship. This is a new concept and direction for us. We want to use this as a learning experience for future efforts along this theme - so I would like to ask for your feedback and creative criticism. I value the opinions of everyone on this list - you are the best group of professionals that I have ever had the pleasure of associating with. Please take a look at the following pages - participate and make on-line comments if you want to - then email your thoughts, ideas and suggestions back to me. Either respond to me directly or on the list, both are fine with me. Entry to the on-line exhibit is: http://www.northwestmuseum.org/index.cfm/Exhibits_Collections_STORIES_FR OM_W ITHIN.htm Many thanks to you all in advance. Peter Turner Information Technology Specialist Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical Society 2316 West First Ave Spokane, WA 99201 Phone 509-363-5327 Fax 509-363-5303 Email petert at northwestmuseum.org _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
