New FeedBurner Museophile newsfeed

By jonathan, Section Museophile Posted on Fri Mar 4th, 2005 at 12:58:28 PM GMT

See a new Museophile newsfeed from FeedBurner. You can also add this feed to the following personalized websites: My Yahoo!: My MSN: NewsGator: Comments >>

Results of online museum forums survey now published

By jonathan, Section Museophile Posted on Wed May 26th, 2004 at 09:52:05 AM GMT

The following recently published journal article covering the results of a survey on museum mailing lists in general and also the Museophile forums website in particular may be of interest: Web-based Discussion Groups at Stake: The Profile of Museum Professionals Online, Roxane Bernier (Université de Montréal) and Jonathan P. Bowen (London South Bank University). Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 38(2):120-137, 2004. The article includes mention of a number of museum mailing lists. It is available online to subscribers here. (337 words in story) Full Item

NewsTrove news search engine: museums news

By jonathan, Section Museophile Posted on Sat Jan 31st, 2004 at 12:17:35 PM GMT

The NewsTrove.com news search engine allows free customized newsfeeds to be generated. See, for example, a Museums News newsfeed linked from the Museophile museum forums website, generated from a customized RSS newsfeed. Invidual museums could set up their own customized newsfeed within their own website. Comments >>

access.museophile.net .museum website accessibility service

By jonathan, Section Museophile Posted on Tue Jan 27th, 2004 at 11:11:49 PM GMT

Owners of .museum domain websites may be interested in the access.museophile.net website, dedicate to aid accessibility to museum-related websites for disabled users. This website allows access to selected museum-related websites using a text-only filter based on the Betsie tool to aid the partially sighted and blind web users. The size, color and font of text is selectable at the bottom of each page. In particular, any museum with a .museum domain name can use this service. Just use a link such as http://access.museophile.net/x.y.museum as a web address where x and y are for a specific museum. Look under access.museophile.net/index.museum for a directory of registered museums, including links where websites exist. Any museum with a .museum domain website is welcome to use this service by adding a suitable link such as <a href="http://access.museophile.net/x.y.museum">Text only</a> It is recommended that such a link is put at the beginning of the home page so that it is easily found by blind and partially sighted users. Please let me know if you decide to use the accessibility service by sending the web address concerned. Comments are welcome. (263 words in story) Full Item

Museophile weblog on 20six website

By jonathan, Section Museophile Posted on Fri Dec 26th, 2003 at 03:08:58 PM GMT

There is an example Museophile weblog on the 20six Weblogs website for those interested in setting up their own weblog. Comments >>

Results from the Museophile Discussion Forums survey

By jonathan, Section Museophile Posted on Tue May 13th, 2003 at 10:53:20 AM GMT

The results from the Museophile Discussion Forums questionnaire concerning online museum-related forums are now available: Web-based Discussion Groups at Stake: The Profile of Museum Professionals Online Presented at MW2003: Museums and the Web 2003, Charlotte, USA, 19-22 March 2002. See also a related paper on online museum discussion forums. (335 words in story) Full Item

Honorable Mention in the MW2003 Best of the Web competition

By jonathan, Section Museophile Posted on Fri Mar 28th, 2003 at 11:10:03 AM GMT

MW2003 Best of the Web award! The Museophile discussion forums website gained an honorable mention in the MW2003 Museums and the Web conference Best of the Web competition Best Museum Professional's Site section, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 20-22 March 2003. The site was developed as part of a BASS/HEROBAC Business Award & Support Scheme project at London South Bank University, UK. (385 words in story) Full Item

Museophile HyperBoards message boards facilty

By jonathan, Section Museophile Posted on Sun Mar 2nd, 2003 at 12:33:13 AM GMT

A Museophile message boards website has been established using the HyperBoards facility. Museophile users are welcome to try it. Comments >>

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