Hi Laney I suggest that you contact Jonathan Prown at the Chipstone Foundation as their online collections have had great success with it. Questions of USERS reached, how high should the resolution be... can be addressed by him. www.chipstone.org In my opinion, a museum's ability to satisfy its mission to educate in the 21st century must be expanded to online researchers. It is a global world. Yes, not all people interested in your collections will be able to travel to your site, but if they become interested in particular objects, would they not contact you for further information, purchase your publications or otherwise contribute to the livelihood of your museum? Best, Ware -----Original Message----- From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Laney McAdow Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:26 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MUSEUM-L] On-line collections Hello everyone, I am forwarding this query from a friend of mine. I was hoping to get some feedback to share with her: "I am looking for any data about whether content-rich museum web sites result in increased onsite visitorship, or whether they have the opposite effect?" "I am running into some folks who seem to think that sharing lots of content online will cause people to NOT come to the museum itself, and was wondering if any research had been done about this. I, on the other hand, would guess that the opposite might be true." If anyone has any thoughts/experiences with this, or any data regarding attendance trends, please contact me. Thank you very much for your time. Sincerely, Laney McAdow Registrar The Heritage Society ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).