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  • Radio-Past Project

    Radio-Past (Radiography of the Past) concerns a project of the "family" People - Marie Curie Action IAPP (Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways), where 4 academic and 2 industrial partners join their resources to develop integrated non-destructive approaches to understand and valorise complex archaeological sites. The Radio-Past website offers up-to-date and elaborated information on the aims of the project, the research techniques applied, the partners involved, and the results gained.

  • Association of Manitoba Museums: Certificate Program in Museum Practice

    Certificate Program in Museum Practice

  • Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS): Online Access to Resources for Research

    From the Web site: "The Smithsonian Institution Research Information System SIRIS) is the online catalog of resources held by the Institution's libraries, archives, and other specialized research centers."

  • Species 2000

    From the Web site: "Species 2000 has the objective of enumerating all known species of plants, animals, fungi and microbes on Earth as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity. It will also provide a simple access point enabling users to link from here to other data systems for all groups of organisms, using direct species-links."

  • Collections Trust

    From the Web site: "Our aim is to improve the quality of life by ensuring that cultural collections are available for use and enjoyment by everyone, now and for the future".

  • Users and their Use of HEIRs

    HEIRNET is pleased to announce the publication of 'Users and their Uses<BR>of HEIRs' a report by the Cultural Heritage Consortium. This interesting<BR>and informative report was commissioned by HEIRNET to provide an initial<BR>evaluation of the uses of historic environment information resources.<BR>In recent years many who are involved in managing HEIRs have identified<BR>a requirement to develop understanding of users and their needs. This<BR>has prompted the collection of quantitative and qualitative data about<BR>the uses of individual HEIRs - through web-site user logs, via on-line<BR>and off-line questionnaire surveys, through focus groups and direct<BR>discussion with users. A number of important national initiatives have<BR>also been explored the users of museums, archives and public oppinion<BR>about the historic environment in general.<BR>In 'Users and their Uses of HEIRs', the Cultural Heritage Consortium<BR>provides a review of based on existing research which identifies<BR>common messages, key trends and issues that are of importance to<BR>HEIRs. The report identifies examples of current good practices in the<BR>collection of user statistics and goes on to make recommendations for<BR>developing the sector's understanding of users, and non-users, in<BR>future.

  • Producing Online Heritage Projects

    Introducing a handbook which shows the steps involved in producing online heritage projects by breaking down the process into manageable tasks dealing with project planning, development and more.

  • Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada (ABRC)

    Du site W3 : "Mission : CARL/ABRC joue un rôle de chef de file au sein de la communauté des bibliothèques universitaires de recherche canadiennes en encourageant la communication savante et en aidant ses membres à donner leur plein appui à l’enseignement et la recherche dans le domaine des études supérieures."

  • Principles of Data Quality

    From the introduction : Data quality and error in data are often neglected issues with environmental databases, modelling systems, GIS, decision support systems, etc. Too often, data are used uncritically without consideration of the error contained within, and this can lead to erroneous results, misleading information, unwise environmental decisions and increased costs.

  • Expert Blogs (blog listing)

    A list of expert blogs that discuss fields of museum practice including conservation, exhibition development, education, archives, online learning, preserving digital content, and new technologies.