Virtual visitors are welcome: "UCL lunch hour lectures will be available to watch live online at ucl.ac.uk/lhl/streamed".
Daniel On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote: > Another event which may interest those of you close on London: > > On 24 April 2012 15:43, Washington, Samuel <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thursday 14 June >> VIRTUAL VISITORS: WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO VISIT THE VIRTUAL BRITISH MUSEUM >> COLLECTIONS ONLINE? >> Dr Melissa Terras (UCL Centre for Digital Humanities) >> >> Launched in October 2007, the British Museum provides virtual access to >> objects and collections via an online database, and by the end of 2009 >> nearly 2 million records had been made available. However, why would anyone >> want to view a collection online rather than in person, and what would they >> use it for? This Lunch Hour Lecture, by Dr Terras, Deputy Director of UCL's >> Centre for Digital Humanities, will discuss what is known about the use of >> this virtual online resource, and if indeed it is even used. This talk will >> also present analysis undertaken by UCL's Centre for Digital Humanities in >> conjunction with Claire Ross and Vera Motyckova and colleagues at the >> British Museum. >> >> For venue and additional information please visit: >> http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/june_2012/virtual_visitors.aspx >> >> -- >> >> Sam Washington >> Digital Resources Manager >> UCL Museums & Collections >> >> Room 224, Wilkins Building >> University College London >> Gower Street >> London WC1E 6BT >> >> Tel: 0207 679 2354 | x32354 >> >> **************************************************************** >> website: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ >> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ukmcg >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/museumscomputergroup >> [un]subscribe: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ >> **************************************************************** > > > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > _______________________________________________ > cultural-partners mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
