Actually, this was the discussion at several sessions at AAM last month.
Some of us are working hard in this area and are especially concerned about
museum-web technologies and visitation.

-Steve Eichner
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> Behalf Of Mark Friedman
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> Subject: Online Exhibits
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> I am surprised to see so little discussion on MUSEUM-L about the
> creation ( and the purpose, audience, funding, and evaluation) of online
> exhibits for Museum web sites.
>
> How can a Museum possibly create something electronic, while still
> achieving its agreed upon mission, without some sort of discussion and
> decision as to how to combine online exhibits and online educational
> materials. I constantly read postings about people wanting to know how
> to make money on their Museum and Library web sites - what a bunch of
> crap I think that is.  Nobody stands up at Museum-L to write "How can I
> make more money with my upcoming traveling exhibit" - but expect their
> web sites to perform better?
>
> Looking forward to some active and frank discussion on this topic.
>
> Mark
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