[Web4lib] Mobile for Museums < Center For History And New Media Project >

[McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]]

Colleagues/

 

A Major Initiative ! / But Not [IMHO] Just For Museums ...

 

/Gerry

 

For many years, art museums have been at the forefront of offering their visitors learning experiences that extend beyond traditional exhibit labels with gallery kiosks and audio guides. More recently, art museums continue leading the way by adding cell phone tours, podcasts, and platform-specific applications in an effort to capitalize on the commonly-owned portable devices-iPods, MP3 players, Blackberries, cell phones-that visitors already carry in their pockets. 

 

Museum professionals see great potential in reaching new audiences and pleasing old ones by providing content and social interaction via mobile devices. The biggest challenge is that many museums do not quite know where to begin when working with a small budget and small staff with limited technical knowledge. This site addresses those needs by proving a brief overview of what is being done in the mobile museum world and offers suggestions based on this research on how to economically provide mobile users with a positive experience with your museum.

 

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This work was performed with generous funding from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. 

 

Findings:

 

■Overview

 

■Assessment of the Field

 

■Development Recommendations

 

■Implementation and Prototypes 

 

■Omeka Plugins for Mobiles

 

■Sites Optimized for Mobiles

 

■Native Cross-Platform Applications

 

■Resources

 

Annotated Bibliography (Zotero)

 

Links To Project Links Available At 

 

[ http://tinyurl.com/l3cgzp  ] 

 

!!! Thanks To Museums And The Web For The HeadsUp !!! 

 

EnJOY 

 

/Gerry

 

 

Gerry McKiernan

Associate Professor

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University Library

Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu

 

There Are No Answers, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying

 

The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed

Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace