This is wonderful and thoughtful, Sheila! I feel a blossoming of the SIG coming on!
Diana Sent from my iPad On Nov 7, 2011, at 11:49 AM, "Sheila.Carey at pch.gc.ca" <Sheila.Carey at pch.gc.ca> wrote: > Hi everyone - I would like to invite interested MCN attendees to the > Metrics & Evaluation SIG that will be held concurrently with all SIGs at > an 'unluncheon' on Friday, November 18. Details are available at: > http://www.mcn.edu/calendar-2011/2011-11-18. > > The Metrics & Evaluation SIG has been dormant for the last couple of > years, and I'd like to know if there is interest in continuing or reviving > this SIG. I think events in the last year have proven that there are some > areas of potential interest for discussion. For example, when the Google > Art Project was launched in February 2011, questions arose again about > whether increased availability of high quality museum images would deter > visitors from visiting museums. Museums want to know the value of online > visitors, and administrators still tend to consider physical visitors the > "real" visitors. In addition, user expectations have changed, as have the > type and quality of content delivered. These are exciting, timely and > relevant topics for discussion, and ones that the Metrics & Evaluation SIG > could address. > > At the SIG meeting, I could foresee discussions about gathering > information on all surveys and research studies related to the value of > online visitors and to user expectations. Also, it would be interesting to > discuss what questions we need to be asking to understand current trends. > Currently, I'm gathering articles and studies that would be useful for > this discussion. If you know of any off the top of your head, please > forward them to me. In the meantime, here are a few questions for > consideration: > ? What are user expectations of online content? (this could be > expanded to user expectations for content delivered digitally through any > medium) > ? How are visitors using content on sites? > ? What do online visitors look for after a museum visit? > > The initial mandate of this SIG was related to evaluation of online > content, but this could be expanded to include how can we analyze its > usefulness. I'd like to know your thoughts on this topic or any others, > and hope you will come to the SIG meeting on Friday, November 18. > > Sheila > > Sheila Carey > Analyste des publics et des programmes | Audience and Program Analyst > R?seau canadien d'information sur le patrimoine (RCIP) | The Canadian > Heritage Information Network (CHIN) > Minist?re du Patrimoine canadien | Department of Canadian Heritage > Gatineau, Canada K1A 0M5 > sheila.carey at pch.gc.ca > T?l?phone | Telephone 819-934-5017 > T?l?copieur | Facsimile 819-994-9555 > T?l?imprimeur (sans frais) 1-888-997-3123 | Teletypewriter (toll-free) > 1-888-997-3123 > Gouvernement du Canada | Government of Canada > _______________________________________________ > 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/
