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Tony Gill <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 9 Jan 1995 09:46:25 +0000
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[log in to unmask] (Bill Humm) writes:
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> An open question:
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> When implementing high-technology solutions in museum environments (i.e.
> interactivity, computers, etc.) how are issues of access being addressed?
> This question is not only concerned with ADA aspects, but also
> technological literacy, technophobia, and those visitors who simply resist
> the use of technology within a museum environment?
 
Simply by providing these new methods of access in addition to, rather than
instead of, the traditional methods?
 
(Incidentally, technophobia is increasingly becoming socially
unacceptable, a bit like smoking)
 
Best wishes, Tony.
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 Tony Gill                         e-mail: [log in to unmask]
 Technical Outreach Manager
 Museum Documentation Association
 Lincoln House, 347 Cherry Hinton Road,         Tel:    +44 1223 242848
 Cambridge CB1 4DH, UK                          Fax:    +44 1223 213575
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