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Museum Collections and Tagging

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Source: Powerhouse Museum. Powerhouse Museum Electronic Fabric Swatch Book is a really cool project and an example of using a folksonomy as a way to address the reality that Museums often use subject categorizations that don't reflect the terms most people use when searching online.

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Getting in on the Act: New Report on Participatory Arts Engagement

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Last month, the Irvine Foundation put out a new report, Getting In On the Act , about participatory arts practice and new frameworks for audience engagement. Here's what I think is really strong about the report: Coordinated, succinct research findings supporting the rise of active arts engagement.

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Blackbaud Index for February 2011

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The Index is based on actual revenue statistics from nonprofit organizations of all sizes representing arts, culture, and humanities; education; environment and animals; healthcare; human services; international affairs; public and society benefit; and religion sectors. Bell, President, American Association of Museums (AAM).

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Book Club Part 3: Museums Seeking Definition

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This week, we look at Chapter 5 of Elaine Gurian's book Civilizing Museums , Choosing Among the Options: An opinion about museum definitions in two parts. First published in Curator magazine in 2002, this essay presents five different museum "types" and their distinct opportunities and challenges.

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Shoulder-to-Shoulder Instructional Media: My Tagging Screencast at NTEN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

re not creating a formal taxonomy, rather it???s Tagging in Art Museums. This can make trouble down the road if you want to publish your resources to a web site using an RSS. So, come up with a few standard tags. t get bogged down ??? s a folksonomy. Nonprofits and Tagging: Two Case Studies. Tagging Nonprofit Missions.

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Delivering Personalization Online with Augmented Reality

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As a major historic landmark and tourist attraction in New York City, Trinity Church Wall Street has a vast audience base, including international tourists (Alexander Hamilton’s gravesite is there), active churchgoers, music lovers, art historians, academics, and community groups.

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