Welcome to Issue 4 of Cultivate Interactive

[Marieke Napier]

Welcome to Issue 4 of Cultivate Interactive

Issue 4 of Cultivate Interactive is now available:
<http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue4/>

The highlights include:

Feature Articles
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The Sign on the Door: Establishing a Top-level Museum Domain on the Internet
http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue4/museum/
Cary Karp explains why we need the new .museum top level domain and details
its evolution.

Eurospeak
http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue4/eurospeak/
The European Commission's Translation Service's Emma Wagner discusses what
she calls 'the disease of Eurospeak' and details guidelines for improvement,
which the Translation Service are trying to get across to authors inside the
EC.

Asia IT&C
http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue4/asia/
Mike Robbins takes us on a tour of a European Commission Initiative that is
attempting to bridge the digital divide in Asia.

Global Museum
http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue4/global/
Roger Smith, the founder and director of this highly successful
international Webzine, shares his experiences of online publications and the
rationale for establishing a museum-based compendium site.

Regular Articles
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National Node Column
http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue4/nodes/
Pascale Van Dinter of the Scientific and Technical Information Service
(STIS) reports on the Belgian role in the Cultivate Project.

OAI Open Meeting
http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue4/oai/
Rachel Heery on the European Open Archives Initiative Meeting held in held
in the Berlin State Library (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin).

2 Articles on streaming video...

An Introduction to Streaming Video
http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue4/video/
David Cunningham and Neil Francis report on the technologies available, as
well as some of the problems encountered when trying to stream video content
across the Internet.

Streaming Video: A Look Behind The Scenes
http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue4/scenes/
Jim Strom gives us a behind the scenes look at what can be achieved with
streaming video using a number of examples and case studies.


JNUL's Ketubbot Digitisation Project
http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue4/ketubbot/
Elhanan Adler and Orly Simon on the Jewish National University Library's
digitisation project aimed at making many of its unique collections
accessible to remote users.

Other Areas

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Competition
Cultivate Interactive's Spot the European City Competition.
http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue4/competition/


If you have any queries regarding Cultivate Interactive or writing for
Cultivate Interactive please send them to <cultivate-editor at ukoln.ac.uk>

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Marieke Napier, Information Officer
Editor of the Cultivate Interactive Web magazine
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