Publications
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Defining success and determining best practices for social media measurement in museums.
Defining success and determining best practices for social media measurement in museums.
Borrowing terminology from German sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies, this paper uses the archetypal qualities inherent in traditional village life (Gemeinschaft) vs. life in big cities (Gesellschaft) as a framework for understanding museum approaches to on-line community.
Social media are altering how museums interact with the public. But how are they affecting the ways that museum professionals approach their jobs? How are large organizations dealing with new pressures for a more nimble, experimental approach to content creation, and a more personal level of engagement with staff? How do museums manage the 'brand' with so many people creating content, while also being flexible and bringing out the many voices in an institution? With the authors' multiple perspectives, this paper highlights some of the ways that social media are changing the ways that staff communicate and work together, and addresses issues such as whether to distribute management of social media content across an organization or to centralize efforts; how to find tactics for educating and training staff about what social media are; and how social media can further the mission, set new expectations for current staffing positions held within the museum, and promote a cultural shift that embraces collaborative, agile ways of interacting with our peers and our audiences.
Reviews issues related to preserving and exhibiting software in museums.
Provides a capsule history of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC).
Reviews the development of the Naval Research Laboratory.
Reviews the process of naval research and development in the post World War II era.
Summarizes holdings of National Museum of American History in computer history.
Reviews experience of visitors using electronic interactives in museums.
Provides a biographical review of John A. Dahlgren and his role as a naval innovator and developer of naval ordnance.
Summarizes the history of the Universal Product Code.
Provides an in-depth history of the development of radar at the Naval Research Laboratory in the 1920s and 1930s.
Catalog for the exhibition of the same name.
An anthology of essays on the role of invention in mitigating environmental issues.
An overview of the invention of Technicolor.
Companion book to the Places of Invention exhibition.