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The Participatory Museum Process Part 4: Adventures in Self-Publishing

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This is the final segment in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This posts explains why and how I self-published The Participatory Museum. From the very beginning, I knew I wanted to license The Participatory Museum using Creative Commons and give away the content for free online. Why Self-Publish?

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Trust Me, Know Me, Love Me: Trust in the Participatory Age

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Museums (and libraries) are trusted sources of information. They were both commissioned by organizations whose purpose is to support museums and libraries. Museums aren't the only venues facing this question: news outlets, corporate brands, and educators are also grappling with the question of trust in the participatory age.

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New Models for Community Partnerships: Museums Hosting Meetups

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People who engage deeply in any online community, whether a bulletin board or social networking site, want to meet in person. Several libraries have started to offer gaming nights where you can drink soda and play Wii to your heart's content. as physical analogs to virtual community platforms. I don't think so.

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AAM Recap: Slides, Observations, and Object Fetishism

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Visitor Co-Created Museum Experiences This session was a dream for me, one that brought together instigators of three participatory exhibit projects: MN150 (Kate Roberts), Click! learning to enter open, personal relationships with participants. So far, most participatory museum design projects are heavily guided by the institution.

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Designing Recommendation Systems that Go Beyond "You'll Like This"

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And the site I Like Museums lets you find whole institutions of interest based on your preference for trails like "making things," "nice cup of tea," or simply "pigs." The more you use it, the better it gets--and that symbiotic relationship serves customer and vendor alike. But they aren't just fun ways to express yourself.

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And the Winner(s) of the Social Media Library Are.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Earlier this month, I participated in a social media library giveaway organized by Steve Cunningham , who like me, loves books. For the social media library giveaway I asked folks to leave a comment on how they would use the books to shape their 2010 social media strategy. and externally (with all of your fine readers!). .

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Don't Talk to Strangers? Safety 2.0

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Social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, even ExhibitFiles are tools that allows people--strangers and friends--to connect with one another. I want in-person museum experiences to be more like experiences on social sites like Flickr, where strangers connect and form relationships around content.

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