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Title: Engaging with social media in museums
Author(s): Russo, Angelina
Abstract: The Australian museum sector is undergoing substantial change in response to policy and technology initiatives, yet little formal collaboration exists between museums and researchers. The Engaging with Social Media in Museums research project brings together three major Australian museums (Powerhouse Museum, Australian Museum and Museum Victoria) with the US-based Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum---a Smithsonian Institution, to prototype the use of social media in museums to produce a new source of high-quality cultural information, and to link regional, rural and international users with city-based institutions. As Chief Investigator Dr Angelina Russo will explain, the project explores the impact on museum learning and communication of social media such as blogs and wikis, which facilitate knowledge exchange through social networking.
Publication Type: Seminar, speech or other presentation
Research Centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Design
Source: Paper presented at the State Library of Victoria Digital Forum, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 05 February 2008
Publication Year: 2008
Keyword(s): Australia; Australian Museum; Community co-creation; Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum; Cultural institutions; Digital cultural communication; Human computer interaction; Interactivity; Internet; Libraries; Museum Victoria; Museums; Powerhouse Museum; Smithsonian Institution; Social media; User-generated content; Web 2.0
Publisher: State Library of Victoria
Publisher URL: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/talks-lectures/