background preloader

Museo Meropolitano de Arte

Archives & Museum Informatics: International Cultural Herita Paul Clough, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Jennifer Marlow, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Katie Dance, Tate, United Kingdom As the Internet extends its global reach, language can remain a barrier preventing people from being able to fully explore material of interest. Tate Online, the Web site for Britain’s Tate art galleries, serves as a good case study for exploring the issue of meeting international site visitors’ multilingual needs. The site contains a great deal of material that is of international interest; however, much of this is currently accessible only in English. The present study used a variety of methods to gather a set of requirements and recommendations for providing enhanced multilingual content on Tate Online. Interaction: Professional Forum: Multi-Linguality [Professional Forum] Keywords: cultural heritage websites, multilingual needs, localisation, user studies, translation, Tate Online

WWW-VL: World History Index and History Central Catalogue | The World Wide Virtual Library News In Memoriam Lynn H. Nelson (1931-2012), the creator of CARRIE and the WWW-VL History Central catalogue: Remembering Lynn H.Nelson, Pioneer Digital Historian European History Primary sources. The Belgian history site has been updated The Mexico history site has been updated by her maintainer, Adriana Luna-Fabritius. New version and new address for the Yiddish Sources at: Yiddish Sources aims to be a comprehensive source of information for those who are interested in using Yiddish materials in their research. This portal is hosted by the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. The EUI is not responsible for the selection of web sites and for eventual broken links. EUI History Department EU Historical Archives Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships at EUI Doctorel Programme of the History Department

Animació del Patrimoni Crossroads Archives & Museum Informatics: International Cultural Herita Harald Kraemer, University of Berne, Switzerland How can we catch the attention of the user? How can we decelerate the dynamic of the user attitudes? How can we simplify the complexity of the information? To rise to these challenges we need strategies that can best be described with the words 'deceleration', 'simplicity' and 'narration'. Dramaturgy in a film is the correct application of pacing, of rapid pulse beats and then to pause for a moment. Session: Design Methods [Design] Keywords: hypermedia, dramaturgy, navigation, simplicity, slowness, narration

The Ancient World Virtual Uffizi. The Complete Catalogue. Florence, Italy TheHistoryNet | American History American History Death Stalks the Capital Jeanne Abrams | Published: December 03, 2014 at 5:57 pm A deadly epidemic in Philadelphia shut down the nation’s business and taught Americans an important lesson: Good health is good policy Encounter: Robert E. Peter Carlson | Published: December 03, 2014 at 5:55 pm The senator began his interrogation with an innocuous question: "Where is your present residence?" Here is Where: Holding the Fort in San Antonio Andrew Carroll | Published: December 03, 2014 at 5:53 pm The Alamo, built in the 18th century from locally quarried limestone, rests deep in the heart of Texas. Table of Contents - February 2015 American History magazine American History magazine | Published: December 03, 2014 at 5:51 pm Click to subscribe to American History magazine Features Robber Baron Turned Robin Hood Andrew Carnegie squeezed every bit of profit out of his business ventures and the workers who made them run. Washington's First Thanksgiving Last Call: Vocal Virtuoso David J.

Archives & Museum Informatics: International Cultural Herita Carmen Zahn, Knowledge Media Research Center, Germany Eva Reussner, Knowledge Media Research Center, Germany Stephan Schwan, Knowledge Media Research Center, Germany The research project “Learning in the museum: the role of digital media” examines the learning potentials of digital media in science and technology museum exhibitions. The overarching research theme takes two developments into account: first, the incorporation of recent trends to collocate digital media and objects in museum exhibitions, and second, the increasingly important role attributed to museums as places of life-long learning. Briefing: Briefings - Learning Models [Close-Up] Keywords: digital media, learning, museums, exhibition design, research

The History Cooperative | Journals | AHR Index Education and Culture: Editorial: Nine Wonders of Intangible Her Recently there was a world competition to select the seven new wonders of the world. UNESCO, incidentally, refused to participate, perhaps because of a potential conflict with the World Heritage list of 851 “properties”. UNESCO is of course correct in recognizing that there are far more than seven locations in the world that deserve protection as unique elements of mankind’s natural and cultural heritage. However, there is also value in recognizing that there is a much smaller number of sites of more transcendental importance. Each of the seven wonders is – in my opinion as well as that of the general public – a more important element of man’s heritage than the average of the 851 sites listed by UNESCO. UNESCO makes occasional proclamations of “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity”, creating thereby a list of such “masterpieces”. The three proclamations to date have together identified 90 “masterpieces”. Concluding Remarks: Culture is often misunderstood.

Related: