Museums and the Web

An annual conference exploring the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line.

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Explore more with an iPhone app

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science museum
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park
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drupal
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iPhone app
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explore
Abstract: 

The California Academy of Sciences, located in San Francisco, CA in Golden Gate Park, launched its first iPhone app, the Golden Gate Park Field Guide, to extend the reach of our museum as well as inspire people to explore their surroundings. The app highlights the park’s common wildlife, popular attractions, and hidden gems.

Type: 
Demonstration - show your project
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Tour and briefing at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

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imaging
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drupal
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content management systems
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Academy of Natural Sciences
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Founded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences holds extensive and noteworthy biological, archival, and library collections. Participants will tour some of our collections imaging facilities.

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Other Interaction - describe in notes
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DrupalCamp

Type: 
Workshop
Tech Level: 
Somewhat technical; server access required
Date & Time: 
Apr 6 2011 - 9:00am
Location: 
Anthony

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Archives & Museum Informatics EIN: 77-0708617; GST / BN 887978914

Description

The Drupal Content Management System (CMS) is free and open source software used for building highly flexible, interactive, and feature-rich websites. This workshop will be conducted using a familiar “DrupalCamp” style, containing 6 mini-sessions covering a number of topics. Intended for a technical audience, including webmasters, programmers, system admins, front-end (UI) developers, and CTOs, attendees will walk away with a solid understanding of the principles used to build scalable Drupal-powered websites. ...

DrupalCamp for Museums

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drupal
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Drupal themes
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Ubercart
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Drupal architecture
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Drupal 6
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Drupal 7
Abstract: 

The Drupal Content Management System (CMS) is free and open source software used for building highly flexible, interactive, and feature-rich websites. Regarded as one of the best website frameworks and development platforms available, it is rapidly gaining adoption by institutions as a solution to manage users and online content.

Type: 
Workshop - full or half day

Installing the Collaborative Calendar

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Calendar
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BPOC
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drupal
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CMS
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open source
Abstract: 

Like most cultural institution Web sites, the sites from BPOC member institutions have a significant emphasis on events – exhibitions, lectures, classes, tours, performances, etc. Commercial calendar products are often not flexible enough to meet the specific needs of the cultural heritage field, forcing many museums to make do with inadequate calendaring systems at great expense.

Type: 
Mini-Workshop - teaches something or explores approaches

Open Source and Mobile Apps: the case of Open Images

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mobile
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open source
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iphone
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layar
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drupal
Abstract: 

In the context of the national digitisation programme Images for the Future, The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision has designed and developed a complete technical architecture to support (mobile) location-based services for cultural heritage.

Type: 
Demonstration - show your project