Museums and the Web

An annual conference exploring the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line.

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Preserving Flickr and Other Sites of Interest to Museums

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flickr
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digital preservation
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preservation
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museums
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internet
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website
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The digital turn, whether it be in photography, motion pictures, literature or other persuits, has forever changed the ways and means by which museums collect, interpret and dessiminate objects.  Historically, museums have dealt primarily with objects that, in some way, are intuitiviely graspable from observation.

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Paper - in formal session
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What If Web Archiving Were as Reliable As Pushing a Simple Button?

Chloé Martin, France Lasfargues and Leïla Medjkoune, Internet Memory Foundation, France

http://internetmemory.org

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Web content is, by nature, ephemeral: sites are constantly disappearing; others are frequently updated, involving the removal of online information. This medium continues to grow in our society: many museums and cultural heritage institutions are developing websites with a variety of content (videos, forums, blogs, online exhibitions, catalogues) creating a large media-centric Web sphere of unique value. As with any other medium before, it is becoming essential to preserve this Web sphere of cultural and historical value. From this point of view, Web archiving is becoming a key part of today's heritage conservation.

Keywords: Web archiving, Preservation, Internet, Collection, State of the Art

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Web Archiving Workshop

Web Archiving Workshop

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Web archive
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preservation
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internet
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collection
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video
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Web content is, by nature, ephemeral: sites are constantly disappearing, others are frequently updated, involving the removal of online information.

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Mini-Workshop - teaches something or explores approaches
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TourML: An Emerging Standard for Museum Mobile Experiences

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standards
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metadata
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collaboration
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preservation
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mobile tours
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tourml
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The recent explosion of options used by museums to produce mobile experiences is undeniable.  In the last 18 months, dozens of new mobile platforms have entered the marketplace as museums are planning, producing, and launching new experiences for visitors on their mobile devices.

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Mini-Workshop - teaches something or explores approaches

Archival Methods

Bearman, D. (1989).  Archival Methods. Archives and Museum Informatics Technical Reports. 67 pp.