Publication Announcement:
Journal of Museum Education, Spring 2007, Vol. 32 No. 1, has just been
published.
Digital Technology in Japanese Museums
Guest Editors: Makoto Manabe and Lois Lydens, National Science Museum, Tokyo
Summary
Increasingly, people are incorporating digital technology into their everyday
lives, and
museums have responded to this technology explosion with a multitude of
applications. Within the past ten years, digital technology has become a
watchword for museum planners, and professionals across Japan have been trying
out new technologies in the museum environment.
This issue features a discussion of different devices and their applications in
art, science, and history museums. Do new technologies enhance or distract from
a visitor?s experience? Do they improve accessibility or make the visitor
confused? The content of this issue focuses on the design, description and
evaluation of several projects that were conducted recently in different
museums throughout Japan.
Contents:
* From the Guest Editors Makoto Manabe and Lois Lydens
* Digital Technology at the National Science Museum of Japan byLois Lydens,
Yasuji Saito, and Tohru Inoue
* Brief Pictorial Description of New Mobile Technologies Used in Cultural
Institutions in Japan by Yumi Awano
* Making Connections: Using Mobile Phones as a Museum Tool by Makoto Manabe
and Lois Lydens
* Using a Mobile Phone Tour to Visit the Ueno Zoological Gardens and the
National Science Museum in Tokyo, Japan by Hiroyuki Arita-Kikutani and Kazuhiro
Sakamoto
* What Impressions Do People Have Regarding Mobile Guidance Services in
Museums? Designing a Questionnaire that Uses Opinions from the General Public
by Hiromi Sekiguchi and Hirokazu Yoshimura
* Museum Personnel?s Opinions on Mobile Guidance Systems by Hirokazu
Yoshimura, Hiromi Sekiguchi, and Yoshitaka Yabumoto
* User-Centered Design: Improving Viewers? Learning Opportunities in Art
Museums in Japan by Kiyoka Fushimi and Kiyofumi Motoyama
* From the Editor Monica M. Smith
Issue ISBN13: 978-1-59874-990-8
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