Congratulations, Allegra!! Work mentioned in the article by these great institutions -- MOMA, the Walker, IMA, Brooklyn, the Met -- give inspiration to us all.
Diana -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Perian Sully Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 10:18 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] MoMA's new site redsign featured in the NYTimes Congratulations, Allegra! The new site looks great, and a fantastic writeup in the NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/arts/design/05moma.html Love the article's shout-out to the work Brooklyn Museum and Indianapolis have made in this area (Rob and the rest of the team at IMA, I am absolutely amazed at the new deaccession module on the IMA website. I had to send a link to it to the staff yesterday: http://www.imamuseum.org/explore/deaccessions ) One thing I'm really noticing is how mainstream Web 2.0-enabled / visitor-driven / content interactive museum websites are becoming. Not just on our side, but for the public and the press who are sitting up and taking notice. I know many folks have been saying for a while that these sorts of applications were going to become as expected by the public as museum websites were in the 1990's. I'm finding the progression absolutely fascinating. I hope that the availability of free or cheap software will help the smaller institutions get on board sooner, rather than later. Goodness knows that I actively pull pieces of software from everywhere under the sun as part of our initiative to deliver our content openly (soon... soon...). Anyway, great job, you all! You're an inspiration J ~Perian Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 Fax: 510-849-3673 http://www.magnes.org http://www.musematic.org http://www.mediaandtechnology.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/
