I am presenting two workshops at the forthcoming Museums and the
Web (MW98) conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21-26 April 1998.
See breif overviews below. For further details, including
registration information, see under:
http://www.museums.reading.ac.uk/mw98/
Information on a presentation "Virtual Visits to Virtual Museums"
(in the form of an on-line paper) is also available. I look
forward to meeting some MUSEUM-L readers at the MW98 conference.
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Jonathan Bowen
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The University of Reading, Department of Computer Science
Whiteknights, PO Box 225, Reading, Berks RG6 6AY, England.
Tel: +44-118-931-6544 (direct) -8611 (enquiries)
Fax: +44-118-975-1994
Email: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www.cs.reading.ac.uk/people/jpb/
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1. Principles of the Internet & WWW
The World Wide Web (WWW) global hypermedia system has been called the
killer application of the Internet network of networks because it
provides a simple point and click graphical interface to the extensive
resources available on-line, usable by the expert and novice alike. As
a specific example, the Virtual Library museum pages (Vlmp), providing
an interactive directory of on-line museums will be presented in some
detail. Virtual visitor statistics and possible future directions will
be addressed. This workshop will provide an introduction to the
Internet and the Web; no previous experience will be assumed.
2. Building Your Own WWW System
The workshop will provide details of how to write World Wide Web pages,
particularly in a museum context. A basic session on HTML (HyperText
Markup Language) will be given, together with hints on structuring and
linking Web pages to aid navigation, tips on Web page design to improve
appearance and speed up loading over the network, introductory
information on multimedia formats and manipulation for inclusion in Web
pages, and how to publicize your site on the Internet. N.B.: this
session is suitable for those wishing to produce Web page(s)
themselves. Attendance at the previous session together with basic
computer word processing skills would be useful.
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Jonathan Bowen, The University of Reading, Dept of Computer Science
Whiteknights, PO Box 225, Reading, Berks RG6 6AY, England
Tel: +44-118-931-6544 (direct) -8611 (enquiries) Fax: +44-118-975-1994
Email: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.cs.rdg.ac.uk/people/jpb/
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