One quick comment on Mark's assessment of CD-ROM production and
multi-platform issues: With the technology that is available today,
cross-platform development is a non-issue. The explosion of
Internet-related technologies has brought to the market a variety of
platform-independent tools for multimedia development that work equally well
over network and media-based distribution. Best of luck on your project!
Sincerely,
David Feldon
Principal, Educational Design
Inventive Learning
http://www.inventivelearning.com/
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Subject: Re: CD-rom exhibition catalogues
the MIA's done four or five CD-ROMs from programs that were developed for
gallery interactive stations (we haven't done CD-ROMs in leiu of catalogs
yet, however); here's the downside:
you'll find no outside distribution for the product.
you're dealing with a PC-mostly audience, but you'll find museums attract an
inordinate number of macintosh users. you're best to make it cross-platform,
which brings up a whole seperate set of difficulities.
a CD-ROM is impossible to flip through in the bookstore. will you be able to
display it while the exhibition's running?
you'll need sell your print run off before new operating systems render your
product obsolete.
be sure you develop the program with the latest versions of quicktime and
whatever else you're using. (ask me how i know that.)
upsides:
apart from the cost of developing it, the unit cost to get them produced is
a fraction the expense of doing a book.
they're very small.
hope this helps,
mark
Mark Jung
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612 870 3019
612 870 3249 fx
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We are currently considering producing a CD-rom catalogue for an upcoming
exhibition, instead of producing a paperback catalogue. This would be the
first venture of this type for my institution and I am looking for both
positive and negative feedback/experiences, possible pitfalls from my
colleagues who have created catalogues in this media.
Thank you, in advance, for your comments.
Sincerely,
Jennifer L. Lisella
Registrar
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
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