Archives & Museum Informatics: Museums and the Web 2006: Sessions

MW2006 features a variety of sessions exploring all aspects of the creation, development, maintenance and evaluation of Web sites in museums, cultural and natural heritage organizations and science centers.

Sessions are listed chronologically below, or you can see an overview of the program.

Thursday March 23, 2006
9:00 am- 10:30 am Plenary	Opening Plenary Out of Our Mines! A Retrospective Look at Online Museum Collections-Based Leaning and Instruction (1997-2006) Cynthia Copeland, USA Ten Years On: Hopes, Fears, Predictions and Gambles for UK Museums On-line Jemima Rellie, United Kingdom From On-line Exhibits to On-line Experiences to On-line Community: Thirteen Years of Science Centers Experimenting with the Web Robert Semper, USA In search of the ubiquitous digital Museum - reflections of ten years of Museums and the Web Kevin Sumption, Australia
11:00 am- 12:30 pm Education	Education on the Web A Multiplicity Of Voices: Encouraging and developing on-line collaborative projects for schools Nadia Arbach, United Kingdom Immersing Students in Research at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute Dana Hutchins, Alan Lishness, USA Interactive Educational Storytelling: The Use of Virtual Characters to Generate Teachable Moments Matthew Fisher, Juan Leon, USA
11:00 am- 12:30 pm Technology	Blogs, Pods, and Mobiles Mobile Phones: A new way to engage teenagers in informal science learning Denise Bressler, USA 'Artcasting' at SFMOMA: First-Year Lessons, Future Challenges for Museum Podcasters Stephanie Pau, Peter Samis, USA All Weblogs Are Not Created Equal: Analyzing What Works Daniel Mosquin, Canada
2:00 pm- 3:30 pm Design	On-Line + On-Site The On-line and the On-site Holocaust Museum Exhibition as an Informational Resource Margaret Lincoln, USA Creating A Virtuous Circle Between A Museum's On-line And Physical Spaces Ailsa Barry, United Kingdom Visitor Interactions with Digitized Artifacts Anna Lindgren-Streicher, Christine Reich, USA
2:00 pm- 3:30 pm Technology	Participation + Personalization Visitors' Voices Lily Diaz-Kommonen, Mariana Salgado, Finland Exhibit Commons: Using the Internet for a new exhibit paradigm Wayne LaBar, USA Preparing Personalized Multimedia Presentation for a Mobile Museum Visitors' Guide: a methodological Approach Ya'acov Kahanov, Nadav Kashtan, Shahar Katz, Tsvi Kuflik, Israel, Ilenia Graziola, Cesare Rocchi, Oliviero Stock, Massimo Zancanaro, Italy
4:00 pm- 5:30 pm Design	Design Choices Universal Design Of Computer Interactives For Museum Exhibitions Christine Reich, USA Page Turning: Revealing the interface issues of on-line document viewing Karen Elinich, Paul Sparks, USA Museum Web Sites' Interface Elements: "Do users understand them?" Paolo Paolini, Italy, Davide Bolchini, Marco Speroni, Switzerland
4:00 pm- 5:30 pm Marketing	Marketing and Communications Buzz and Viral Marketing as a PR Tool for Museums: A Dutch case study Marthe deVet, The Netherlands MoMA.org and MoMAstore.org: The Crossover Allegra Burnette, Lyde Spann, USA Beyond the On-line Catalogue: Using the Web to Leverage Your Collection More Effectively Phil Getchell, USA
4:00 pm- 5:30 pm Technology	The Web as Infrastructure Squaring the Triangle: Implications of broadband for access, diversity and accessibility in museum Web design Stephen Brown, David Gerrard, United Kingdom Wireless Networking at the Victoria & Albert Museum Ian Croxford, United Kingdom Museum Expansions and the "Utility" of Web-based Public Information Jim Ockuly, USA

Friday March 24, 2006

All Day

Interactions

Find a group; join a discussion; learn, talk, critique.

5:00 pm-
6:30 pm
Evaluation

Best of the Web Awards

Best of the Web Awards Presentation

Delphin Muise, Ian Rubenzahl, Canada, Carsten Nielsen, Denmark, Marjo Maenpaa, Finland, Lawrence Monda, Kenya, Ana Carr, Mexico, Joan Nordbotten, Norway, Jim Devine, Scotland, Peter Gorgels, The Netherlands, Martin Bazley, Ann Borda, Ian Edelman, Mike Ellis, United Kingdom, Jim Angus, Pat Barbanell, Karen Bellnier, Ted Drake, Karen Elinich, David Greenfield, Kate Haley_Goldman, Susannah McGowan, Dana Mitroff, Osamu Takahashi, Bruce Wyman, USA

Saturday March 25, 2006
11:00 am- 12:30 pm Design	Lasting Value Surviving Change: The first step toward sustaining your digital library Marie Gallagher, Christie Moffatt, USA Story of Glass: Still really working 10 years on Sarah Beecham, Graham Howard, United Kingdom
11:00 am- 12:30 pm Technology	Models for Access The Inside Out Web Museum Jonathan Pratty, United Kingdom MEDINA Three Years Later: Towards "Enterprise Frameworks" for cultural tourism Web applications Franca Garzotto, Italy
11:00 am- 12:30 pm Users	Evaluation 3D for Cultural Heritage and Education: Evaluating the Impact Nicoletta Di Blas, Caterina Poggi, Italy Viewing the Viewer: Remote usability testing Phyllis Hecht, USA
1:30 pm- 3:00 pm Technology	Using Data Data Access Strategy Michael Edson, USA Using Web Services To Deliver Information Integration Bryan Solomon, United Kingdom Discover Babylon: Creating a vivid user experience by exploiting features of video games and uniting museum and library collections Michelle Lucey-Roper, USA
1:30 pm- 3:00 pm Users	Audience Linking Minority Communities Through The Web Tim Burnett, Maud Hand, Katie Streten, United Kingdom Attaining the Holy Grail: How to encourage wider engagement with museum collections through participation in new media projects Claire Harcup, Mark Nesbitt, United Kingdom Audience Analysis in the Age of Engagement Sheila Carey, Robyn Jeffrey, Canada
3:30 pm- 5:00 pm Plenary	Closing Plenary Museum 2.0 David Bearman, Jennifer Trant, Canada

Sessions

Opening Plenary

Education on the Web

Blogs, Pods, and Mobiles

On-Line + On-Site

Participation + Personalization

Design Choices

Marketing and Communications

The Web as Infrastructure

Interactions

Best of the Web Awards

Lasting Value

Models for Access

Evaluation

Using Data

Audience

Closing Plenary