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Comparing Five Implementations of the Museum Educational Site Licensing Project: If the Museum Data's the Same, Why's It Look So Different?


TitleComparing Five Implementations of the Museum Educational Site Licensing Project: If the Museum Data's the Same, Why's It Look So Different?
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication1997
AuthorsBesser, H.
Secondary TitleMuseum Interactive Multimedia 1997: cultural heritage systems design and interfaces. Selected Papers from ichim97
Conference Start Date1-5 September
PublisherArchives & Museum Informatics
Place PublishedLe Louvre, Paris, France
Keywordsdisplay, museum collections, online collections, query, retrieval system, Searching, user interfaces
Abstract

A number of Universities mounted the identical set of approximately 10,000 images and accompanying text records as part of the Museum Educational Site Licensing Project. This papex examines 5 of those implementations from the standpoint of the user's interactive experience. Eight students were given access to the implementations and a preliminary summary of their comparative observations is presented here, focusing primarily on the searching process. Because the examples in this study demonstrate the different ways the same information can be presented to the user, it should prove useful to implementers planning an interactive project.

URLhttp://www.archimuse.com/publishing/ichim97/besser.pdf
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