Sure "Kiosk" would be a general term,, but I would think "information stations" would be more to the point. __________________ Erik W. Christman Exhibition Designer The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd. Yorba Linda, Calif. 92886 (714) 993-5075 ext.243 fax (714) 528-0544 email: erik at nixonlibrary.org website:http://www.nixonlibrary.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christina DePaolo" <[email protected]> To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 5:19 PM Subject: [MCN-L] Opinions needed: user-friendly language for interpretivetechnology
> Hi, > > The Seattle Art Museum is opening a new downtown museum next spring. In > conjunction with the reinstallation of our collection galleries, we are > creating several interpretive touch screens that will be located in the > galleries to provide in-depth information about works of art. The > curators are writing their label copy now, and would like to refer to > the touch screens. The screens will be in the same gallery of the works, > but not always in direct proximity. They would like to say "for more > information on this artist see ..." The problem is - what do we call > them? > > > > I know many of you have developed large-scale website and interpretive > technology projects for your institutions. If you have dealt with this > issue, can you give me some suggestions on approach as well as language > ideas? Also, do we have any standards for referring to > websites/handhelds, etc? > > > > Thank you for your help. > > > > > > Christina DePaolo > > New Media Manager > > 1109 First Avenue, Suite 406 > > P 206.654.3165 > > F 206.654.3250 > > seattleartmuseum.org <http://www.seattleartmuseum.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
