[this is aaronland] JELLO SHOTS IN PNEUMATIC TUBES. Hi, everyone.
My name is Aaron. I am from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. I am newly arrived at the museum, as of July. Prior to this, I spent a couple years at Stamen Design in San Francisco mostly making maps and before that I spent about a thousand years at Flickr involved in all things geo and machine tag related. Map of Life.
Building Cybercabinets: Guidelines for Online Access to Digital Natural History Collections. Rachel Sargent, USA Abstract Natural history is deeply important to a wide range of human endeavors, yet access to such knowledge is at an all-time low for the general public.
In the age of the Internet, engaging the public online is critical to building audiences and broadening support for natural history, yet online access to collections is currently an under-utilized tool for promoting public appreciation of natural history. This research examines ways natural history can be effectively and creatively presented online to the public and culminates in offering eight guidelines aimed at supporting development decisions for natural history web initiatives.