TY - BOOK AU - Laws,Ana Sánchez TI - Museum Websites and Social Media: Issues of Participation, Sustainability, Trust and Diversity T2 - Museums and Collections SN - 9781782388685 U1 - 069.02854678 23/eng/20230216 PY - 2015///] CY - New York, Oxford PB - Berghahn Books KW - Communication in museums KW - Museums and the Internet KW - Museums KW - Social aspects KW - Social media KW - ART / Museum Studies KW - bisacsh KW - Communications Media KW - Media Studies KW - Museum Studies KW - Social Media KW - Web Pages N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782388692 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781782388692 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781782388692/original ER -