Physics Demonstrations' Press release to share with Museum-L:
We'd like to get your input about this online visual catalog
of the UC Berkeley physics demonstrations' equipment collection.
The URL, contacts, and other information are listed below.
Thanks,
Natalie Munn
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Natalie K. Munn [log in to unmask]
Museum Informatics Project (510) 642-5306 W
UC Berkeley
378 Doe Library Annex MIP Phone (510) 642-6533
Berkeley, CA 94720-6200 MIP Fax (510) 643-8856
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Here's the release:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
For Immediate Release
For more information:
Museum Informatics Project
Natalie K. Munn
510-642-6533
[log in to unmask]
http://www.mip.berkeley.edu
or
Russell K. Orr
Department of Physics
510-642-8128
[log in to unmask]
Physics Demonstrations Make On-line Debut
Berkeley, CA -- July 24, 1995 -- U-C. Berkeley's Museum Informatics Project toda
y announced the On-line Physics Demonstrations' Server, an Internet accessible s
ite that enables users to browse the University's extensive physics demonstratio
ns' collection. The server is available for the first time today to Internet us
ers world-wide at:
URL = http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/physics/physics.html.
The Physics Demonstrations' Server is an effort to make available an on-line sou
rce of information and pictures used for preparing and performing undergraduate
lecture demonstrations at the University of California, Berkeley, Department of
Physics. This site deals with demonstrations for the subjects of: Mechanics, Wav
es, The Properties of Heat and Matter , Electricity and Magnetism, and Optics.
Demonstrations in Modern and Contemporary Physics as well as Astronomy and Perc
eption will be coming soon.
The Physics Lecture Demonstrations' Collection is comprised of over 1,000 pieces
of equipment, plus 50 black & white film strips (3-4 minutes each), 20 films (a
pprox. 1 hr each), and 100 videotapes (seminars, colloquia, films). The Physics
On-line WWW server is designed to allow Internet users to explore the world of
Physics through a visual catalog of demonstrations. Each demonstration is accom
panied by a textual description, an on- line illustration, and labels that clear
ly show what equipment was used to perform the demonstration. This new resource
was created for use by students and teachers of physics, as well as by anyone
who simply wants to know more about the way things work.
Internet users can move through the world of Physics with a click of the mouse,
navigating from icons on the home page menu to desired demonstration. The ser
ver features photographs and video clips of select demonstrations, and links to
other Physics related internet resources. This site contains many classic and f
avorite physics demonstrations, like the Van de Graaff Generator and the Dipp
y bird. The server also gives users access to an assortment of new and also l
ess well-known experiments such as Microwaves and Holography.
The developers, Natalie K. Munn of U.C. Berkeley' s Museum Informatics Project a
nd Rusty K. Orr, of the Physics Department welcome inquiries and suggestions abo
ut this new online resource at http://www.mip.berkelely.edu/physics/physics.html
. The Museum Informatics Project (MIP), a department of Information Systems an
d Technology, is a collaborative effort at the University of California, Berkele
y, to coordinate the application of information technology in museums and other
organized, non-book collections. The University of California, Berkeley, holds a
pproximately 80 collections covering a wide variety of disciplines and media.
MIP works with faculty, collections managers, and curators to develop data model
s, system architectures, and demonstration and production systems as bases for c
oordinated and integrated approaches to the application of information technolog
y in museums and archives. For more information about collections at U.C. Berke
ley and the activities of the Museum Informatics Project see:
URL = http://www.mip.berkeley.edu
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