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Augmented reality and storytelling Stedelijk Museum. Der Dialog zwischen der realen und virtuellen Welt fordert neue Formen des Storytellings:Read more: MW2011 Conference Beitrag: http://conference.archimuse.com/mw2011/programs/augmented_storytelling_how_to_create_interes

Information 2.0 and Beyond: Where are we, where are we going? Plenary presenataion at MW2011

Kristen defined six possible roles for museums on the Internet: 1) Filter - find and share relevant, accurate, trustworthy information 2) Curator - become a one stop shop for primary and secondary source material on specific topics 3) Node in a network - package information to live beyond your walls, monitor conversations around your content 4) Community builder - create your own network, be involved in online conversations 5) Lifesaver - provide portable information when and where people need it most 6) Tour Guide - connect your content to the real world

"How to measure and define the success of cultural websites and online services is a problem common to all parts of the cultural sector - museums, archives, galleries, arts organizations, libraries and publishers. Worse, funding agencies and government departments lack the expertise to offer guidelines or set standards. The result is a confusing mixture of statistics and reporting that reveals little about genuine user satisfaction."

MOBILE INTERPRETATION & STRATEGY WORKSHEETS The MuseumMobile wiki is an outgrowth of Tate's Handheld Conference Wiki, which was initially developed for a September 2008 conference hosted by Tate Modern.

PEW-Daten zur Internetnutzung in den USA: Grounding Digital Information Trends: "Mobile change our relationship to time and space" - location based and apps are the next big thing - the use of the internet from 2000-2010 (Broadband adoption (2000-2010), demographics of use, ect.)

Examples of great crowdsourcing projects:

The Portable Antiquities Scheme is a voluntary scheme to record archaeological objects found by members of the public in England and Wales. Every year many thousands of objects are discovered, many of these by metal-detector users, but also by people whilst out walking, gardening or going about their daily work. Such discoveries offer an important source for understanding our past.