Hello All,
While talking to a colleague who works in a large museum with many
accessibility challenges we began kicking around the idea of a visitor map
that showed or described stroller or wheelchair "routes." Or something that
provided a new type of orientation to those folks. (The museum does have
elevators.) Kind of crazy, yes, and maybe a backwards approach considering
how visitors ordinarily make choices about where to go. But I figured, what
the heck.might as well ask the list.
We'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has created such a map, or come up
with other clever and effective ways to serve these audiences. Thanks.
Sincerely,
Dean
Dean Krimmel, Creative Museum Services/Qm2
Helping Museums and Cultural Nonprofits
423 Range Road Baltimore, MD 21204
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<http://www.qm2.org/> http://www.qm2.org
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Perian Sully
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:57 PM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Web tech guy vs. angry staff member
As someone who has been on both sides of this coin, and who has completely
jumped the shark to the web side of things, this animation about the
traditional concerns many museum staff have about releasing content online
struck very, very close to home. Thankfully, my institution has made it a
priority to embrace digital collection accessibility, web culture, and
non-traditional research methods, so we don't have to deal with this much,
but it's certainly still present!
http://usingdata.typepad.com/usingdata/2009/03/web.html
Enjoy!
Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
The Magnes
2911 Russell St.
Berkeley, CA 94705
Work: 510-549-6950 x 357
Fax: 510-849-3673
http://www.magnes.org
http://www.musematic.org
http://www.mediaandtechnology.org
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