As a membership driven organization, the Ontario Museum Association
uses the resources of its members on a volunteer basis to fulfill is
function. This presentation will address how the functions of the Association
have been augmented due to the advent of the World Wide Web. The session
will address how the Association has provided new services such as the
Trillium computer network which has its own membership base; Trillium
News, an electronic newsletter; and onmuse-l, a provincial listserv
for issues on museums, heritage and culture. A discussion on how these
services have tapped the volunteer base of Ontario museum workers will
follow covering advocacy; development of heritage resources such as
a on-line database of Ontario museums; course delivery on-line by volunteers;
volunteer committee members meeting on-line; and participants volunteering
their expertise for the mutual benefit of all heritage workers .