You might want to look through past issues of eSpectra, the Museum Computer
Network's online portal for cultural heritage information management
professionals.  eSpectra is a portal compilation of pointers to articles
highlighting issues of importance to that community.  The links are a mix
of media articles, white papers, and online resources, and not generally
papers such as those from Museum and the Web, which are already compiled in
a single useful site.  Every month's issue has a section on "Technology in
the Museum," and I would think that some of the articles that I've included
pointers to in the past would be what you're looking for.

It's available at http://www.mcn.edu/espectra/

You can review the current month's pointers to articles as well as those
available through the archives, going back to April 1999.

Leslie Johnston

At 02:49 PM 3/26/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I hope I am not repeating a recent inquiry with the following citation
>request.
>
>For a course on the history and theory of museums, I am looking for
>interesting articles dealing with museums -- art, history, natural history,
>etc. -- and the internet. Rather than seeking essays concerned with
>practical issues, I am looking for discussions of, for instance, the
>ontological status of real and virtual objects or collections; the nature of
>the museum "audience" or "visitor" in cyber space; the ideological
>implications of the de-materialized authentic; etc. etc. etc. In other
>words, can you suggest articles that are concerned with _theoretical_
>questions of museums on/of/and the web?
>
>As an example, one such paper (almost) is Andrea Witcomb, "The End of the
>Mausoleum: Museums in the Age of Electronic Communication,"
>www.archimuse.com/mw97/speak/witcomb.htm. However, this smart essay deals
>less with the web and virtual museums than with electronic media in museums.
>Meanwhile, I've been reviewing excellent cyberspace articles which do not
>deal directly enough with museums.  Other obvious sources -- e.g. Mintz _The
>Virtual and the Real_ -- are not available locally and are _still_ on order.
>Thanks much for your suggestions.
>
>-eric
>Eric J. Segal
>Adjunct Assistant Professor
>School of Art & Art History
>University of Florida
>FAC 302, PO Box  115801
>Gainesville FL 32611-5801
>work (352) 392-0201, ext. 245
>fax    (352) 392-8453
>
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