Doug,
 
I share your interest in what is comming next and how does working
with the media shape our perceptions of the informatin we are trying
to impart to our clients (visitors/students/associates).  There has
been some interesting developments in the last few years and I think
we are at a point where many enabinge technologies are going to
converge in the next five or ten years to allow us to do some *really*
interesting things.
 
You might like to check out Kellogg, Carroll and Richards paper
"Making Reality a Cyberspace" in M. Benedikt's book, _Cyberspace:
First Steps_, (1991).  For being a few years old the vision in the
papers have stood the test of time well.  In addition look at the work
of Kim Veltman (he recently published a paper in Computers and the
History of Art, and gave an interesting paper at the Museums and
Information conference in Winnepeg a few years ago (I'll find the
exact reference if your interested).  Finally look at George
MacDonald's paper from the Cultural Technologies Convergence
conference held this spring in Toronto.. He also is giving a keynote
at the AASLH conference later in September.
 
I have found all these papers importent for forming my view of the
future for information technology in (and out of) museums.  I think we
have a lot to offer as information facilitators, but we need to use
the right technology for the right purpose.
 
Richard Gerrard
Toronto Historical Board
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