In message <[log in to unmask]> Museum discussion list writes: > 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 > [log in to unmask] > > 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