MW2006 BoW Nomination: Research: Birds in Backyards [http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/]

Site: Birds in Backyards
URL: http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/
Institution: Joint project between the Australian Museum and Birds Australia
Designer[s]: Australian Museum Web development Unit
Category: Research
Explanation: Birds in Backyards is a research, education and conservation program focusing on birds and the urban environment. Visitors to the site are invited to get involved by becoming a member and taking part in online surveys. They can also find out about how to create bird-friendly spaces in their own gardens and local community.

The site was launched in Sept 2005. Over 2000 people have already signed up as members to take part in the surveys and over 40,349 user sessions have recorded (these stats are for the months of Sept and Oct 2005 only).

I believe this site has become popular so quickly because it provides an opportunity for the user to contribute to real Australian Museum research - including seeing the results of their observations on the site.




Nominated by:
Brooke Carson-Ewart
Acting Web Manager
Web Development Unit
Australian Museum
Australian Museum
www: http://www.amonline.net.au/


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Jennifer Trant and David Bearman, Archives & Museum Informatics
MW2006 Conference Co-Chairs
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MW2006 BoW Nomination: Education: A Journey to a New Land [http://www.sfu.museum/journey/]

Site: A Journey to a New Land
URL: http://www.sfu.museum/journey/
Institution: Simon Fraser University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Designer[s]: Ivana Filipovic - Lead Designer
LIDC
Category: Education
Explanation: The site and all its assets like games and interactive tools had to be appealing to the wide audience, from k-12 to scholars. It has five main areas, each designed to accommodate a specific educational program in accordance with the British Columbia curriculum. Here are some of the highlights:

Primary Level:
Memory game - learning Ice Age animals' names
Stickers game - learning Ice Age animals' relative sizes

Elementary Level:
Ice Age Challenge Game - learning mapping, reaction time improvement, memorizing obstacles and avoiding them, time-limited
Jigsaw Puzzle - visualization

Middle School Level:
Two main theories explained, glossary, animations, etc.

Secondary Level:
Glaciation, videos of scientists talking about different subjects

Post Secondary Level:
Interactive timeline, simulations, videos, photo library, scene reconstructions, glossary, featured archaeological sites.

The site is both visualty engaging and a great educational tool. It had more than 2 milion hits in the first six months and it's used in schools all over North America. It had won numerous design awards, including VIDFEST award for educational website in competition with wold's largest design agencies, like DDB.



Nominated by:
Ivana Filipovic
Lead Designer
Learning and Instructional Development Centre
Simon Fraser University
Canada
www: http://www.lidc.sfu.ca/LIDC_home.php


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Jennifer Trant and David Bearman, Archives & Museum Informatics
MW2006 Conference Co-Chairs
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MW2006 BoW Nomination: Online Exhibition: Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo [http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/congojournal/

Site: Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo
URL: http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/congojournal/
Institution: United States Holocaust Memeorial Museum
Designer[s]: Adele Medina O'Dowd (in-house)
Category: Online Exhibition
Explanation: Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo, chronicles the devastation unfolding in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The site, includes a teachers guide to aid educators in developing lessons on the country's situation.

The site features a travel log narrated by Angelina Jolie, who visited the region in September 2003 with John Prendergast, Senior Advisor, International Crisis Group, and two photographers. Jolie, reading from her travel log, delivers commentary on the country's dire situation and details her meetings with affected populations: child soldiers, rape victims and civilian refugees. Observations are accompanied by extensive photographs of the trip and of the region. Prendergast provides historical context to the complex conflict engulfing the region.

Despite the horrors that continue to be perpetrated in the Congo, Angelina Jolie and John Prendergast returned from their trip with the overwhelming sense that "the Congolese people still hope and work for a better future." "There are solutions, but they require more international engagement. This can only happen if citizens in the U.S. and around the world tell their governments it is unacceptable to allow 1,000 Congolese to die every day."

The objective of the project is to raise awareness to the "after effects" of the Rwandan genocide in Congo and to motivate visitors to the site to action.

The main technical challenge was finding a way to bring Angelina Jolie's "journal" to life on the Internet through animation, sound, and photography. This was achieved through the creation of "online ephemera," and intimate recordings of Angelina and John Prendergast.

We were able to create the kind of unique online experience for which we were hoping. The first week of the site's life the Museum's bandwidth was inundated with traffic and comments to the Web site indicate that visitors are moved by the content.


Nominated by:
adele medina o'dowd
Creative Director for Web Projects
Outreach Technology
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
USA
www: http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/congojournal/


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Jennifer Trant and David Bearman, Archives & Museum Informatics
MW2006 Conference Co-Chairs
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/

MW2006 BoW Nomination: Online Exhibition: Nathan McClain Gallery [http://www.natemcclain.com]

Site: Nathan McClain Gallery
URL: http://www.natemcclain.com
Institution: Nathan McClain Gallery
Designer[s]: in-house
Category: Online Exhibition
Explanation: Presented for your evaluation is the Nathan McClain Gallery website.

The Nathan McClain Gallery (www.natemcclain.com) preserves and promotes the artistic legacy of Nathan McClain (1973 - 1997). This entirely virtual Gallery's collections, exhibitions, and publications contribute to American contemporary art discourse and serve diverse communities. McClain is a rare artist who has posthumously impacted people, inspired action, and gained worldwide acclaim exclusively through his online presence.

Since opening in 2003, the Nathan McClain Gallery has:
* Welcomed more than 80,000 visitors from around the world
* Collected over 100 McClain paintings, watercolors, illustrations, and drawings
* Spearheaded a grassroots effort to save a massive McClain mural from demolition
* Held 1st posthumous McClain art exhibit "offline" featuring artwork from private collections
* Published 1st art book and calendar featuring McClain's artwork
* Been solicited by an international magazine to use a McClain painting on the magazines cover
* Received media assistance to search for a missing McClain painting

All of the above were done with limited resources and a staff of one person The Nathan McClain Gallery deserves your consideration for the story behind/beyond the "look and feel" of the site.


Nominated by:
Kristopher Barks



USA
www: http://www.natemcclain.com


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MW2006 Conference Co-Chairs
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/

MW2006 BoW Nomination: Research: NYPL Digital Gallery [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm]

Site: NYPL Digital Gallery
URL: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
Institution: The New York Public Library
Designer[s]: See the site's credits -- a huge team built the site while a core group was responsible for the IA, content, and functionality in league with helpful consultants.
Category: Research
Explanation: When the site launched in March 2005 I had been working on it for four years as Asst Director for Collections of the NYPL Digital Library Program. I retired last month (Oct) and now have a new job. The criteria for my nomination include the site's range and volume of content plus its ease and versatility of use. Also, it is built on strict principles of controlled vocabulary, open-source technology, and free web access.


Nominated by:
Julia Van Haaften
Director
Collections Planning Project
Museum of the City of New York
USA
www:http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm


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MW2006 Conference Co-Chairs
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/

MW2006 BoW Nomination: Online Exhibition: e-portfolio [http://zsgyarmati.com]

Site: e-portfolio
URL:http://zsgyarmati.com
Institution: Zsolt Gyarmati
Designer[s]: Zoltan Lehoczky
Category: Online Exhibition
Explanation: wide perspective

Nominated by:
Zsolt Gyarmati
artist
Hungary

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Jennifer Trant and David Bearman, Archives & Museum Informatics
MW2006 Conference Co-Chairs
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/

MW2006 BoW: Global Museum [http://www.globalmuseum.org]

Thank you for nominating Global Museum [http://www.globalmuseum.org]
for the Professional Site category.

Institution: Global Museum International - private not-for-profit entity
Designer[s]: Roger Smith
Explanation:
A previous winner in this category, Global Museum has gone from
strength to strength both in reach and readership.

It now incorporates, from its NEWS section, dedicated "public good"
sub-sites such as the 'Hurricane Watch' and "Security Alerts". Both
of these feature 24 X 7 realtime news feeds keeping the site fresh
and current at all times. A recent addition is a site that tracks
the imapct of the avian flu' pandemic (which has been of considerable
interest to G.M. readers as it has the potential to have significant
impact upon both their personal and professional lives)

The core components of this Museum compendium site - Careers
postings, resources, weekly news from around the globe - continue to
be widely utilised by museum professionals from more than 107
countries.

Global Museum now has a email subscriber base (free subscription) of
more than 7,800 individuals who receive news headline alerts.
Some of the reader endorsements can be viewed at this address
http://www4.wave.co.nz/~jollyroger/GM2/endorsements.htm

Finally it is worth noting that there is not a "Cecil B De Mille cast
of thousands" behind the production of Global Museum - it is very
much a one person publication (and a labour of love"

Roger Smith
Director
Global Museum

17 Lilybank Crescent
DannemoraA
Auckland, Auckland, 1705
New Zealand
ph: +64 021 677881
fx:
em: director@globalmuseum.org
www: http://www.globalmuseum.org

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Sincerely,

Jennifer Trant and David Bearman, Archives & Museum Informatics
MW2006 Conference Co-Chairs

MW2006 BoW: Dinosaurnews [http://www.dinosaurnews.org]

Thank you for nominating Dinosaurnews [http://www.dinosaurnews.org]
for the Education category.

Institution: The is free site published by Global Museum
Designer[s]: inhouse - Roger Smith
Explanation:
Dinosaurnews is a free zine site dedicated to sharing news of
dinosaur and associated discoveries amongst colleagues in the museum
profession, as well as a broader scientific and public audience.
It is a complete "labour of love" and receives no funding or other support

It was established in 1998 and is now read in more than 80 countries
each week. See
http://www4.wave.co.nz/~jollyroger/dino2004/advertise/endorsements.htm
for site user endorsements

Roger Smith
Director

Global Museum Ineternational
www: http://www.globamuseum.org

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Jennifer Trant and David Bearman, Archives & Museum Informatics
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MW2006 BoW: Jobs Desk Website

Thank you for nominating Jobs Desk Website
[http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/jobs/job_titles_jobid.htm] for the
Professional Site category.

Institution: The University of Leicester
Designer[s]: Jim Roberts
Explanation:
Museums are able to post jobs for free. It is updated every Friday.
Compared to the AAM jobs page and other similar sites it is amazing.
I found my current job on the site.

Kenna Trahan
Registration/ Curatorial Intern
Registration
Roswell Museum and Art Gallery
www: http://www.roswellmuseum.org

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MW2006 BoW: Illinois Alive! Early Illinois Heroes and Heroines: A

Thank you for nominating Illinois Alive! Early Illinois Heroes and
Heroines: A Multimedia Memory Montage [http://www.illinoisalive.info]
for the Online Exhibition category.

Institution: Alliance Library System
Designer[s]: Lori Bell, in-house
Explanation:
One of the major goals of this site was to make library archival
photographs accessible to the visually impaired. Most archival
collections and photographs are totally inaccessible to the visually
impaired. To create an accessible experience, staff received
training in how to write audio description for photographs. After
training, staff members wrote audio descriptions for the selected
photographs. The descriptions were put in text on the page with the
photograph and also professionally recorded as an MP3 file. This
provided several options for visually impaired - to listen to the
description with their computer's screen reader, or to listen to
human voice narration by the MP3 file. We had not seen any library
sites like this, and wanted to see what the response to this was from
the visually impaired community. We set the site up so that they
could "browse" through the collection or select photos they were
interested in from a list. One visually impaired librarian who used
the site said, "Not only does the audio description enhance my
enjoyment of the site; but it allows me to have basic access to the
site. The only descriptive narration I have been familiar with is in
regard to videos and I have enjoyed them. I have never visited a
website with described information. Although my library is doing a
digitization project, none of the software they are using is
accessible. Your site seems more accessible and modifiable. When
given a choice of the human voice for audio description or a screen
reader, I would select the human voice. "

Another goal of the project was to use multimedia to make historical
figures in the project come to life to make history more interesting
to children and young adults. Several different multimedia
strategies were used. Reenactments of several of the historical
figures was done and filmed in a movie format. For another person,
we wrote a script, created a Windows Media movie with images, and had
an actor narrate her story as the images are displayed. The other
multimedia option we tried was to create an audio ebook on the
historical figure's life using FlipBook technology. We used images
from the libraries and audio narration about the historical figure in
an online ebook format using a flipbook template with a historical
feel to it.

Even if a visually impaired individual visited a library with the
photos, these would not be accessible unless someone described the
image to the person. By offering access to these collections online,
we are not only providing access, but accessibility, and a choice of
different ways to experience the collection.

We are seeking feedback on this project and creating a model that
other libraries can use if they decide they would like to create
audio description to make their images accessible.

Lori Bell
Director
Mid-Illinois Talking book Center
Alliance Library System
www: http://www.mitbc.org

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MW2006 BoW: The Morning Wind

Thank you for nominating The Morning Wind
[http://etfran.concordia.ca/~odyens/intro_jaccottet2.html://]
for the Innovative category.

Institution: Concordia University
Designer[s]: Ollivier Dyens
Explanation:
This site, though not a museum type website, is a
very interesting heritage website nonetheless.
Its aims is to create a virtual architecture
based on poems from international authors (the
section here entered is based on poem by Philippe
Jaccottet, a well known Swiss poet) in order not
only to study the transition of literature from
text to multimedia but also to find a way to
archive and preserve poetry within today’s
multimedia realm.

Max Paitch
Canada
www: http://

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MW2006 BoW: Libraries Matter [http://www.librariesmatter.com]

Thank you for nominating Libraries Matter
[http://www.librariesmatter.com] for the Innovative category.

Institution: Alliance Library System
Designer[s]: Sandy Albrow
Explanation:
Alliance Library System is a multi-type regional library system
serving 250+ libraries in central Illinois. The "Libraries Matter"
campaign started as a demonstration project to help libraries in
Alliance raise funding for special projects. Participation included
libraries from all over the country and the world. The Libraries
Matter campaign offered librarians the opportunity to post specific
funding needs on the website where multiple library causes are
aggregated. "Libraries Matter" wristbands were designed for
participating libraries to sell in their communities to help raise
funds. Over 50,000 bracelets were sold by hundreds of libraries who
shared their stories on the website.

The second phase of the "Libraries Matter" campaign took place this
fall. Alliance partnered with Tumblebooks on the creation of an
audio ebook entitled "Why Libraries Matter." This book was
publicized to libraries all over the world and made free to them to
post on their websites to share the story of why libraries matter to
people of all ages. Over 1000 libraries have downloaded the book
which can be posted on their website or sent via email to a friend
or family member. Alliance is currently working with Tumblebooks on
a way for community members and organizations to sponsor an online
audio ebook for libraries to help them raise funds.

"Libraries Matter" has been a successful and innovative project to
mot only demonstrate to libraries but for them to participate in new
and exciting ways to raise funding and awareness of library services.

Lori Bell
Director
Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center
Alliance Library System
USA
www: http://www.librariesmatter.com

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Jennifer Trant and David Bearman, Archives & Museum Informatics
MW2006 Conference Co-Chairs

MW2006 BoW: C-M.TV [http://www.critical-mas.tv]

Thank you for nominating C-M.TV [http://www.critical-mas.tv] for the
Online Exhibition category.

Institution: private
Designer[s]: user-generated content and design
Explanation:
This is an experiment in user-generated glocal content production and design.
The content deals with a range of mediated content uploading from
"calls" out to cities, curators recommendations, submissions, remixes
through an intelligent agent design system so that the viewer can
create their own form of C-M.TV, exhibit in a space provided to view
or as an index with links reorganizing the site according to their
interests.

Marcia Lyons
Program Director Digital Media | Cinematics
School of Design
Victoria University
www: http://www.critical-mas.tv/infomarcia.html

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MW2006 BoW: Plants and People of China

Thank you for nominating Plants and People of China
[http://www.oac.schoolssa.edu.au/dev/chinese/] for the Education
category.

Institution: Department of Education and Children's Services
Designer[s]: In house:
Outreach Education and Open Access Media Team
Bronwyn Sugars, Stephen Meredith, Kym Bell
Explanation:
I think it is a great example of how to engage students using a wide
variety of learning styles delivered though the electronic interface.
It is is also a clever way to bring cross cultural understanding by
working through known objects, in this case plants.

Simon Langsford
Education Officer
Education
South Australain Museum
Australia
www: http://samuseum.sa.gov.au

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MW2006 BoW: Patients' Voices in Early 19th Century

Thank you for nominating Patients' Voices in
Early 19th Century Virginia:Letters to Doct.
Carmichael & Son
[http://carmichael.lib.virginia.edu/] for the
Research category.

Institution: University of Virginia Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
Designer[s]: Steve Stedman, Claude Moore Health
Sciences Library Webmaster, and others (in-house:
see Credits & Acknowledgements at
http://carmichael.lib.virginia.edu/about/credits.html)
Explanation:
Final Report available on the website at
http://carmichael.lib.virginia.edu/about/finalreport.html.
Press Release available at
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/library/admin/press_release/carmichaelPR.cfm.
The online exhibit presents 700 letters from the
patients of Dr. James Carmichael, a Scottish
physician whose practice was based in
Fredericksburg, Virginia. The collection of
correspondence, written between 1819 and 1830 and
held in the new Albert and Shirley Small Special
Collections Library at the University of
Virginia, gives a unique view into the
physician-patient relationship. The letters can
be seen online in their original handwritten
form, side by side with a typed transcription.
The 19th century patients’ terms for complaints,
diseases, and treatments have been matched to
their 21st century equivalents. In addition to
the correspondence, the web site also includes a
photo essay of the landscape of the Carmichael
letters, newspaper articles, book excerpts, court
records, maps, WPA reports, and extensive
listings of “Who’s Who” and “Places Mentioned” in
the letters, with links to related sources of
information.

Joan Klein
Alvin V & Nancy Baird Curator for Historical Collection
Historical Collections & Services
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
University of Virginia Health System
USA
em: jre@virginia.edu
www: http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/library/historical/

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MW2006 BoW: Red Studio: A MoMA Site for Teens

Thank you for nominating Red Studio: A MoMA Site for Teens
[http://www.momaorg/redstudio] for the Education category.

Institution: The Digital Media and Education Departments at The
Museum of Modern Art
Designer[s]: The new redesign of the site was designed and developed
in-house, and includes the main "umbrella" site, the Shahzia
Sikhander interview, the REMIX activity, and the talk back bulletin
board. Two previous sections remain -- the interview with Vito
Acconci, and the youDesign activity. Those were designed by Chopping
Block.
Explanation:
Red Studio was originally launched in the spring of 2004. This year,
in conjunction with the addition of new features and acivities, and
in response to a visitor evaluation study conducted last summer, MoMA
redesigned the "umbrella" site and added an interview with the artist
Shahzia Sikhander (conducted by a group of teens), a collage
activity, and a bulletin board for visitors to send in responses to
posted questions. Upcoming additions include interviews with the
curators Joachim Pissarro and Paola Antonelli. The project has been
the result of a close collaboration between the Digital Media and
Education Departments at The Museum of Modern Art.

Allegra Burnette
Creative Director
Digital Media
The Museum of Modern Art
USA
www: http://www.moma.org

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MW2006 BoW: Performing Medieval Narrative Today: A Video Showcase

Thank you for nominating Performing Medieval Narrative Today: A Video
Showcase [http://euterpe.bobst.nyu.edu/mednar/] for the Education
category.

Institution: French Department, New York University. Hosted, and with
assistance by the Studio for Digital Projects & Research, Bobst
Library, New York University.
Designer[s]: In house.
Explanation:
The study of the performance of medieval narrative (as opposed to the
performance of medieval plays or lyric poetry) is a relatively new
one and there are very few scholarly resources available on the
subject. There are even fewer visual examples of how narrative might
have been performed in the middle ages or how one might perform
medieval narrative today for modern audiences. This site was designed
specifically with scholars and teachers/students in mind and provides
them with free, streaming videos showing professionals and
non-professionals performing, in various settings, some of the most
famous extant medieval narratives (Dante's inferno, the Roman de la
Rose, Beowulf, etc.). The site was designed and content is selected
according to the project directors specifications: the site has to be
simple to use; the video has to be available to anyone in the world
with an internet connection and a dial-up, 56k modem; and the content
has to provide students & teachers with examples of how they might
creatively incorporate performance into the classroom. The metadata
for each clip, created by one of the project directors, is rich
(including an explanation about the work's genre, translation, etc.)
and is invaluable for students and teachers exploring this material.

Though I am the project coordinator of this project, the pedagogical
and scholarly content are wholly the creation of the French
Department faculty project directors. My role has been and continues
to be to advise on technical matters and to bring the site online. I
write in support of this project because it's the only website of its
kind; it provides its target audience with visual content available
nowhere else, either online or off; and it uses relatively
sophisticated technology (mpeg-4 video, compressed for streaming via
dial-up modem) to great advantage through a very simple interface.

I also recommend this site for a Small Budget award because the
project operates on a shoestring and the project directors are adding
content to the site as they can. The site is only partially supported
by funding for various departments at New York University, nearly all
of the work collecting/creating the content and putting it online is
done for free out of love for the project. A Small Budget award would
help to defray the costs of creating new content and entering the
metadata into the website (done by students).

Jennifer Vinopal
Librarian
Digital Library Program, Bobst Library
New York University
USA
www:

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MW2006 BoW: uncoupdoeil [http://uncoupdoeil.free.fr]

Thank you for nominating uncoupdoeil [http://uncoupdoeil.free.fr] for
the Online Exhibition category.

Institution: atelier oblik
Designer[s]: marko echeverria
Explanation:
creativ ,different ,eclectic,

marko echeverria
artist
france
ph: 0614630951
fx:
www: http://uncoupdoeil.free.fr

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MW2006 BoW: The John Rylands University Library

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Institution: University of Manchester
Designer[s]: In house
Explanation:
This site only suites large orgnaization such as the one of the University =
of Manchester.

waleed el-Shobaki
Academic Liaison Librarian for the Middle Eastern Studi
INFORMATION RESOURCES AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT
John Rylands University Library
University of Manchester
United Kingdom
www: http://

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MW2006 BoW: grenze [http://www.grenze.fr.vu]

Thank you for nominating grenze
[http://www.grenze.fr.vu] for the Online
Exhibition category.

Institution: association 15-11
Designer[s]:
Explanation:
Between art and education, between art and
science I invite you to discover the site of the
video performance Grenze www grenze.fr.vu
according to the Capital of Karl Marx.
We intend through these particulars lectures of
Marx’s Capital to open interrogations about
social and economics context of today’s Capital.

In GRENZE, the principal question thus goes on
the movement, the circulation of capital and its
transformations. It places progressively series
of metamorphic movements. It articulates with it.
It gives it a visual translation. Our look, our
waiting, time respond together to this
construction of an infernal mecanism which holds
everything.

It opens a range of questions as how today’s
capital catches ours lives, our subjectivities

fontana patrick
artist
france
www: http://www.grenze.fr.vu

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MW2006 BoW: http://www.ideasonair.net [http://www.ideasonair.net]

Thank you for nominating
http://www.ideasonair.net
[http://www.ideasonair.net] for the Innovative
category.

Institution: Me: ideasonair.
Designer[s]: ideasonair.
Explanation:
Ideasonair.net is a web project serving artists.
The site promotes artistic ideas in various
fildes, especially digital art, therefore: “Dear
artists, poets, architects, designers, critics,
curators and ‘lovers of the trade’, if you are
short of ideas, this is the site for you!”. Here,
the ideas “from hyperuranium” have landed and
found a place or better, a “virtual factory”.
Ideasonair.net will give to you a lot of
different ideas, ready to be developed.
Ideasonair, has a particular theory about ideas
and how we perceive them. In fact, think of it
like this: “ideas are ‘in the air’ and the earth
is spinning around, connecting with these ideas
at various places. So an identical idea could
‘land’ or be had in New York and Rome at the same
time”. This site could be considered somewhat
like entropy. It puts in order and takes down
ideas for you. This “online factory” will be
continually updated to give you always new ideas.
Isdeasonair, could also carry out specific
consulting for your artwork .
Why ideasonair.net? Fell free to ask more info. at: ideasonair@libero.it

chiara passa
artist
italy
ph:
www: http://www.chiarapassa.it

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MW2006 BoW: CULTURAL GUIDE OF THE CITY OF VOLOS

Thank you for nominating CULTURAL GUIDE OF THE CITY OF VOLOS
[http://www.i-politismos.gr] for the Professional Site category.

Institution: DEMEKAV (VOLOS MUNICIPAL ENTERPRISE FOR URBAN STUDIES -
CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT)
Designer[s]: DEMEKAV
Explanation:
First effort for a complete cultural guide in our city, presentation
of th construction of 3 new museums, stand for new artists.

FILIPPOS KALOGIANNIS
WEB DESIGNER
WEB & MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS
GREECE
www: http://www.i-politismos.gr

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MW2006 BoW: The Museum of the Smiling People (all)

Thank you for nominating The Museum of the
Smiling People (all)
[http://wwwmuseedusourire.com] for the Online
Exhibition category.

Institution: The French Ministry of Culture
Designer[s]: by myself
Explanation:
Once upon a time, there was the first smile ...
in December 1995, in Paris, on a strike day. The bus number 63 was one
of the very few circulating in Paris. It went
from Trocadero to Odeon taking roughly one hour
which gave you plenty of time to read. I buried
myself into
my book "The Self Sculpture" (la Sculpture de Soi) by Michel Onfay.

Because of the traffic jam on Quai Voltaire, the bus emptied except for me
and a girl who was sitting in front of me and who was reading ìthe Joy"
(La Joie) by Georges Bernanos. "Hedonism remains
a very individualistic matter" she said to me.
There followed a short argument between us about
that statement. "Have you ever read "Babeth's feast" (Le Festin de Babeth)
by Gabriel Axel ? " This girl seemed quite nice to me.

The bus started off again but it couldnít avoid
an inevitable diversion into the Street of Saint
Pères. I was about to bid her farewell but we
insisted that we exchanged numbers. At this
point, I invited her to accompany me to the
Louvre Museum that we had just passed. Perhaps we
could go there to see if we could identify the
most beautiful smiles in the art collection.

On my own, I visited the the Louvre looking for
the smiles and taking photos with a disposable
camera. When I had them developed, it was
terrible. All the shots were bad except for one :
the statuette of Amenophis II, a small figurine
isolated behind its window at the far end of the
Egyptian Antiques Department. The pharaoh had a
broad smile, which distinguished it from the
others who were traditionally calm and ready to
cross into eternity. He was just there, smiling
and alive. He looked as if he did not belong to
Art History. I renamed him "the Louvre
reoffender". "Art is smiling at me", I thought. I
had to see right away the Mona Lisaís smile
again. How many smiles were there among the
Italian masterpieces ? I stopped in front of the
Leonardo da Vinci's attractive "Saint John the
Baptist". His smile spoke for itself. I like this
one better than the Mona Lisaís. Did you know
that the Mona Lisa, Samothrace's victory and the
toilet are the three items which are the most
visited at the Louvre ! Why have I chosen
"smiles"? Because your face smiles when there is
rejoicing and your eyes smile when there is
delight.

So why a smile museum on internet ? Because such
a museum cannot be anything but virtual like
André Malraux's museum about which Pablo Picasso
used to comment "It's a museum where the pieces
of work seem to choose you rather than us
choosing them". The smile museum presents a
challenge, that of collecting an object without
imprisoning it. Smiles cannot easily be
classified under traditional categories such as
"delighted", "sarcastic", "ironic" or any other
category.

A smile is free.

Alexia GUGGEMOS
Director
Art
The Museum of the Smile
France
www: http://www.museedusourire.com

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MW2006 BoW: www.beringia.com

Thank you for nominating www.beringia.com
[http://www.beringia.com/02/02index.html] for the Research category.

Institution: Yukon Government
Designer[s]: in house
Explanation:
This site is informative and user friendly and helps stimulate
curiousity in the general public.

Genevieve Grant
Canada

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MW2006 BoW: The Leicester Museum Studies Jobs Desk website:

Thank you for nominating The Leicester Museum Studies Jobs Desk website:
http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/jobs/job_titles_jobid.htm
[http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/jobs/job_titles_jobid.htm] for the
Professional Site category.

Institution: Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester,
103 Princess Road East, Leicester, LE1 7LG, United Kingdom
Designer[s]: Jim Roberts, in-house
Explanation:
Jim searches all museum jobs weekly, makes them available on one
site, and adds personal touches by letting us know whether he is
going sailing on his narrowboat, raising money for charity, or
planting specifically named plants in his garden this weekend. Very
approachable too.

Bente Loudon
United Kingdom
www:

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MW2006 BoW: MuseCasting @ The Grace

Thank you for nominating MuseCasting @ The Grace
[http://www.thegracemuseumorg/musecast] for the Innovative category.

Institution: The Grace Museum
Designer[s]: In-House
Explanation:
When we launched our podcasting program (what we're calling
"MuseCasting"), The Grace became only the second museum in the world
to offer podcasting, and the first museum in Texas. Given that
innovation, I think that our MuseCasting page is one of the best
museum sites.

James Yasko
Curatorial Assistant / Interactive Media Coordinator
The Grace Museum
United States
www: http://www.thegracemuseum.org

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MW2006 BoW: PlanetQuest: the Search for Another Earth

Thank you for nominating PlanetQuest: the Search for Another Earth
[http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov] for the Online Exhibition category.

Institution: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Designer[s]: In-house
Explanation:
PlanetQuest is a continuously updated, multimedia-rich news and
information site centered on the search for new planets and life
beyond our solar system. This online exhibit highlights current and
future missions and telescopes designed to search for new planets.
Media include an interactive 3D visualized tour of the local
planetary neighborhood; a virtual tour of the world's largest optical
observatory; and an extensive gallery of games, videos and
visualizations that illustrate relevant astronomy and astrobiology
themes.

Randal Jackson
Senior Interactive Media Producer
Communications and Education
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
USA
www:

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MW2006 BoW: The Medicine Hat Historic Clay Industries National

Thank you for nominating The Medicine Hat Historic Clay Industries
National Historic District [http://www.medalta.org] for the
E-Services category.

Institution: The Friends of Medalta Society
Designer[s]: LWS Design Medicine Hat
Explanation:
I am nominating this site for several reasons. LWS Design does this
web site for us as a volunteer and has made a major commitment of
time and resources to make it all work. The on-line giftshop is what
is called open source and as such costs us nothing to run and
maintain. The sales generated by the online giftshop cover all of our
internet expenses plus the remainder going toward operating costs.

We continually receive compliments on our site and I would love to
see them recognized for the work they do for us.

Laurie Switzer
Canada
www:

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MW2006 BoW: The Port Moody Station Museum Blog

Thank you for nominating The Port Moody Station Museum Blog
[http://portmoodystationmuseum.blogspot.com] for the Innovative
category.

Institution: The Port Moody Station Museum
Designer[s]: Azra Habib, Oana Capota & Matthew Musselman
Explanation:
The Port Moody Station Museum Blog is one of the earliest museum
blogs around; it began, in its previous incarnation, in August 2004
and was refurbished for a more readable look and more professional
content in April 2005.

As a small museum, with only one permanent staff member and any
number of part-time contract workers, the blog is updated by staff
and volunteers. It gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the
work in maintaining a small non-profit museum: fundraising events,
displays changes, maintenance work on the historic building,
cataloguing artifacts, and so on. The community, through the
blogging commenting system and email, can get involved.

While large art museums are beginning to use the blog as a museum
tool, the Port Moody Station Museum Blog shows what a small community
museum can achieve on a much more limited scale.

Oana Capota
Museum Assistant
Community Relations
Port Moody Station Museum
Canada
www: http://portmoodystationmuseum.blogspot.com

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MW2006 BoW: Curating the City - Wilshire Blvd.

Thank you for nominating Curating the City - Wilshire Blvd.
[http://www.curatingthecity.org] for the Online Exhibition category.

Institution: LA Conservancy
Designer[s]: Hello Design
Explanation:
The website is very dynamic and engaging and was created on a very low budget.

Nikolai Cornell
Creative Director / consultant
USA
www: http://www.madein.la

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MW2006 BoW: Zaragoza romana [http://www.heraldo.es/romana/]

Thank you for nominating Zaragoza romana
[http://www.heraldo.es/romana/] for the Education
category.

Institution: Heraldo de Aragón
Designer[s]: http://www.calahorra.net
Explanation:
A newspaper to used means necessary in Internet
to show a route of museums of the city of
Zaragoza, Spain

Pablo José Calahorra Subías
Designer
Marketing
Heraldo de Aragón
Zaragoza, ,
www: http://www.calahorra.net

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MW2006 BoW: Colonial Williamsburg: Past & Present Podcasts

Thank you for nominating Colonial Williamsburg: Past & Present
Podcasts [http://www.history.org/media/podcasts.cfm] for the
Innovative category.

Institution: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Designer[s]: Colonial Williamsburg staff and Lloyd Dobyns, host
Explanation:
The history podcasts are conversations meant to be informal, fun, and
informational. The Colonial Williamsburg staff talk about living in
the 21st century but working in the 18th century and discuss things
that guests to the Historic Area won't hear. New podcasts are added
weekly.

Robyn Eoff
Director
Internet Department
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
USA
www: http://www.history.org

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MW2006 BoW: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Thank you for nominating The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
[http://www.history.org] for the Professional Site category.

Institution: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Designer[s]: Colonial Williamsburg staff and Aten Design Group, Inc.
Explanation:
The site incorporates museum education, teacher resources,
interactive games and activities, public relations, fund raising,
research, online reservations, a products catalog, and how to prepare
for a visit.

Robyn Eoff
Director
Internet Department
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
USA
www: http://www.history.org

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MW2006 BoW: Kids Zone [http://www.history.org/kids/]

Thank you for nominating Kids Zone [http://www.history.org/kids/] for
the Education category.

Institution: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Designer[s]: Colonial Williamsburg staff and Aten Design Group, Inc.
Explanation:
Gives young children an animated tour of the 18th-century capital of
Virginia through illustrations, games, and activities. It also
prepares children for a Colonial Williamsburg visit.

Robyn Eoff
Director
Internet
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
USA
www: http://www.history.org

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MW2006 BoW Nomination: E-Services: Christmas in Williamsburg

Site: Christmas in Williamsburg
URL: http://www.history.org/christmas/
Institution: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Designer[s]: Colonial Williamsburg staff: Nissa Feyock, designer;
Barbara Brown, editor; Mary Stutz, technical operations
Explanation:
"Christmas in Williamsburg" mixes the past and the present with
researched articles about 18th-century Christmases, current holiday
imagery of the Historic Area, decorating tips, Colonial Williamsburg
cookbooks, shopping, and dining and hotel reservations.

Robyn Eoff
Internet Department
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
USA

www: http://www.history.org

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Best of the Web 2006

Once again, the Museums and the Web conference is sponsoring the Best of the Web competition. This blog records nominations received from the community.

For background, including details about the panel of judges and judging criteria, see the BoW2006 web pages

thanks for your interest,

jennifer

J. Trant
MW2006 co-chair