I wonder if anyone on this list might have knowledge of other listserv
lists, or e-journals, or even newsgroups, that focus specifically on
information technology in Museums; either in a general sense, or some
specific aspect like issues facing museums that are developeing World Wide
Web sites, for instance.
I know there is for instance the list "Web4Lib" about such issues in
Libraries; How about Museums?
 
Thank you very much for any leads,
 
Richard Rinehart
Computer Resource Specialist
University Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
University of California at Berkeley
 
 
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>Last month I discovered that the Exploratorium has a WWW page.  It's
>pretty cool, anyone interested should take a look.  For those who
>havn't encountered the World Wide Web before, see if it's offered
>in your internet service menus.  For those without menus, try going
>into the Unix shell and typing LYNX.  The exploratorium page can be
>found by searching on "museums."  There are a few other museums on
>WWW as well.
>
>I think the WWW is the future of internet, as far as access by the
>nontechnical user is concerned.  ASTC might do well to look into
>getting on the internet and setting up a Web page.  The Compuserve
>people are smart, so I expect that before long, cserve users will
>have WWW graphical access to internet. (The main difference will be,
>of course, the high hourly price of compuserve!!!)
>
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