Hi Perian What an amazing list. THANKYOU so much! I have already come across Nina's blog + the Click project but some of the other examples are very interesting.
I think you are right - it is probably the tip of the iceberg!! You seem to be very much across this stuff - would you mind if I shoot you some questions off-list as I continue my research? Thanks again Kate --- On Tue, 9/16/08, Perian Sully <psully at magnes.org> wrote: > From: Perian Sully <psully at magnes.org> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Public Authoring examples > To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 12:20 PM > Dear Kate: > > I was just asked a similar question by the Director here, > and I pulled > up a list which I'm copying below. > > Of particular interest to you would be the Tech > Museum's collaborative > exhibit-building program (Nina Simon's baby!) and The > Brooklyn Museum's > Click exhibition. > > ****** > A very brief list of museums using Web 2.0 successfully, > but here are a > few immediately at hand: > > http://www.archivesnext.com/?p=114 <- not an > institution, but a link to > some doing wonderful things > http://thetechvirtual.org/ <- The Tech Museum has > collaborative > exhibition development. Modeled in Second Life, then they > make them > full-scale for the museum > http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Home_page > National Archives of British History's wiki page for > collaborative > archive information. There's more about it in the top > link above > http://photography.si.edu/ and the Library of > Congress's additions to > the Flickr Commons. Very effective for soliciting > historical commentary, > information, and miscellaneous commentary. > http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/ <- > ok, they're > huge and well-funded, but I think we could model IDEA on > what they've > done with their database > http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/search/label/Museums%20Engaging%20in%202.0 > %20Projects <- big list and reviews of museums engaging > in Web 2.0. > >From Nina Simon's Museum 2.0 blog (Nina was > responsible for the Tech's > new direction of Web 2.0 collaboration) > http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2008/07/why-click-is-my-hero-what-museum.h > tml <- Nina's review of Click > > I feel like this is just the tip of the iceberg. Digging > through the > Museums and the Web papers will yield a ton more > information and case > studies. http://www.archimuse.com/conferences/mw.html > > Hope this is of use. > > Perian Sully > Collection Information and New Media Coordinator > Judah L. Magnes Museum > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] > On Behalf Of > Kate Spencer > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 4:34 AM > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Subject: [MCN-L] Public Authoring examples > > Hi All. > > I am doing a Research Masters and am looking at the use of > Public > Authoring & user-generated content in museum exhibits. > > > I am particularly interested in examples where > user-generated content is > integrated into the exhibit and exhibits which allow the > audience to add > to, comment on and re-interpret the exhibit content so the > exhibits > evolve over time. > > Can anyone point to any successful/interesting examples? > > Cheers > Kate > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
