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Museum Websites and Social Media : Issues of Participation, Sustainability, Trust and Diversity / Ana Sánchez Laws.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Museums and Collections ; 8Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (212 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781782388685
  • 9781782388692
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 069.02854678 23/eng/20230216
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: History and Theory -- Chapter 1 Museums Online, from Repositories to Forums -- Chapter 2 Digital Heritage and Sustainability -- Chapter 3 Trusting the Online Museum -- Part II: Practice -- Chapter 4 A Practical Social Media Primer for Museum Staff -- Chapter 5 A Survey of Museum Social Media -- Part III: Cases -- Chapter 6 The Museum of London (MOL) -- Chapter 7 The Museum of World Culture (Världskulturmuseet) and the Carlotta Portal -- Chapter 8 Comparing Off-and Online Aboriginal, Indigenous and ‘Ethnic’ Representations in Museums and Galleries in Sydney and Panama City -- Part IV: Futures -- Chapter 9 Augmenting the Garden of Australian Dreams at the National Museum of Australia -- Chapter 10 Cultural Interfaces to Environmental Data at the Questacon National Science Centre, Australia -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
Summary: Online activities present a unique challenge for museums as they harness the potential of digital technology for sustainable development, trust building, and representations of diversity. This volume offers a holistic picture of museum online activities that can serve as a starting point for cross-disciplinary discussion. It is a resource for museum staff, students, designers, and researchers working at the intersection of cultural institutions and digital technologies. The aim is to provide insight into the issues behind designing and implementing web pages and social media to serve the broadest range of museum stakeholders.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: History and Theory -- Chapter 1 Museums Online, from Repositories to Forums -- Chapter 2 Digital Heritage and Sustainability -- Chapter 3 Trusting the Online Museum -- Part II: Practice -- Chapter 4 A Practical Social Media Primer for Museum Staff -- Chapter 5 A Survey of Museum Social Media -- Part III: Cases -- Chapter 6 The Museum of London (MOL) -- Chapter 7 The Museum of World Culture (Världskulturmuseet) and the Carlotta Portal -- Chapter 8 Comparing Off-and Online Aboriginal, Indigenous and ‘Ethnic’ Representations in Museums and Galleries in Sydney and Panama City -- Part IV: Futures -- Chapter 9 Augmenting the Garden of Australian Dreams at the National Museum of Australia -- Chapter 10 Cultural Interfaces to Environmental Data at the Questacon National Science Centre, Australia -- Conclusion -- References -- Index

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Online activities present a unique challenge for museums as they harness the potential of digital technology for sustainable development, trust building, and representations of diversity. This volume offers a holistic picture of museum online activities that can serve as a starting point for cross-disciplinary discussion. It is a resource for museum staff, students, designers, and researchers working at the intersection of cultural institutions and digital technologies. The aim is to provide insight into the issues behind designing and implementing web pages and social media to serve the broadest range of museum stakeholders.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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