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> Physics Demonstrations' Press release to share with Museum-L:
> We'd like to get your input about this online visual catalog
> of the UC Berkeley physics demonstrations' equipment collection.
> The URL, contacts, and other information are listed below.
>
> Thanks,
> Natalie Munn
>
> ___________________________________________________________
> Natalie K. Munn                 [log in to unmask]
> Museum Informatics Project      (510) 642-5306 W
> UC Berkeley
> 378 Doe Library Annex           MIP Phone (510) 642-6533
> Berkeley, CA 94720-6200         MIP Fax   (510) 643-8856
> ___________________________________________________________
>
> Here's the release:
>
> UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
> For Immediate Release
> For more information:
> Museum Informatics Project
> Natalie K. Munn
> 510-642-6533
> [log in to unmask]
> http://www.mip.berkeley.edu
> or
> Russell K. Orr
> Department of Physics
> 510-642-8128
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>
> Physics Demonstrations Make On-line Debut
>
> Berkeley, CA -- July 24, 1995 -- U-C. Berkeley's Museum Informatics Project
> toda
> y announced the On-line Physics Demonstrations' Server, an Internet
> accessible s
> ite that enables users to browse the University's extensive physics
> demonstratio
> ns' collection.  The server is available for the first time today to Internet
> us
> ers world-wide  at:
>
> URL = http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/physics/physics.html.
>
> The Physics Demonstrations' Server is an effort to make available an on-line
> sou
> rce of information and pictures used for preparing and performing
> undergraduate
> lecture demonstrations at the University of California, Berkeley, Department
> of
> Physics. This site deals with demonstrations for the subjects of: Mechanics,
> Wav
> es, The Properties of Heat and Matter , Electricity and Magnetism, and
> Optics.
> Demonstrations in Modern and Contemporary Physics  as well as Astronomy and
> Perc
> eption will be coming soon.
>
> The Physics Lecture Demonstrations' Collection is comprised of over 1,000
> pieces
>  of equipment, plus 50 black & white film strips (3-4 minutes each), 20 films
> (a
> pprox. 1 hr each), and 100 videotapes (seminars, colloquia, films).  The
> Physics
>  On-line WWW server is designed to allow Internet users to explore the world
> of
> Physics through a visual catalog of demonstrations.  Each demonstration is
> accom
> panied by a textual description, an on- line illustration, and labels that
> clear
> ly show what equipment was used to perform the demonstration.  This new
> resource
>  was created for use by  students and teachers of physics, as well as by
> anyone
> who simply wants to know more about the way things work.
>
> Internet users can move through the world of Physics with a click of the
> mouse,
> navigating from  icons on the home page menu to  desired demonstration.  The
> ser
> ver features photographs and video clips of select demonstrations, and links
> to
> other Physics related internet resources.  This site contains many classic
> and f
> avorite physics demonstrations, like  the  Van de Graaff Generator and the
> Dipp
> y bird.  The server  also gives users access to  an assortment of new and
> also l
> ess well-known experiments such as Microwaves and  Holography.
>
> The developers, Natalie K. Munn of U.C. Berkeley' s Museum Informatics
> Project a
> nd Rusty K. Orr, of the Physics Department welcome inquiries and suggestions
> abo
> ut this new online resource at
> http://www.mip.berkelely.edu/physics/physics.html
> ..  The Museum Informatics Project (MIP), a department of Information Systems
> an
> d Technology, is a collaborative effort at the University of California,
> Berkele
> y, to coordinate the application of information technology in museums and
> other
> organized, non-book collections. The University of California, Berkeley,
> holds a
> pproximately 80 collections covering a wide variety of disciplines and media.
>
> MIP works with faculty, collections managers, and curators to develop data
> model
> s, system architectures, and demonstration and production systems as bases
> for c
> oordinated and integrated approaches to the application of information
> technolog
> y in museums and archives.  For more information about collections at U.C.
> Berke
> ley and the activities of the Museum Informatics Project see:
>
> URL = http://www.mip.berkeley.edu
>
> ###
> End