Document Type: Blog Post
Description: Blog post on Museums & the Web 2016 conference, focusing on sessions and panels on Accessibility and online design
Category: Resources
Resources
Anable: Accessibility Techniques for Museum Websites
Citation: Anable, Susan (2001). Accessibility Techniques for Museum Websites. Museums & the Web.
Document Type: Conference Paper
Description: This case study of the Virtual Museum Tour, part of the website of The Dayton Art Institute and developed in collaboration with Wright State University, details the challenge of making a variety of internet technologies accessible to people with visual or hearing impairment or mobility limitations, and the use of web accessibility guidelines to develop an online solution
Wyman, Gillam & Bahram: Inclusive Design – From Approach to Execution
Document Type: Conference Paper
Description: This case study of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights details the museum’s early mandate for inclusive design to be implemented throughout the museum experience, and the resulting variety of designs and intentions that ultimately required development and implementation strategies
Petrie, King & Weisen: The accessibility of Museum Web Sites – Results From An English Investigation And International Comparisons
Document Type: Conference Paper
Description: This paper presents the results of an audit of the accessibility of 125 museum web sites: 100 from England and 25 from around the world
Bahram: Inaccessibility Is Not An Option, from Demos to Contracts – Demonstrating the fantastic benefits of accessibility and inclusive design, then making your contracts match your beliefs
Document Type: Conference Paper
Description: This paper aims to advance general awareness of inclusive design, convey a working knowledge of digital accessibility issues, and proffer actionable advice and tools to museum professionals who wish to join the ever growing community who are incorporating accessibility and universal design into their everyday practice
Dawson, Smith Hale & Corbeil: Open Innovation – Open Movements and the Role of a Museum in the 21st Century
Document Type: Conference Paper
Description: This paper explores how museums can use linked open data and other open initiatives as a site of open innovation, inviting participants as well as academic, enterprise, and cultural collaborators to engage with visitors on new applications
Oomen & Baltussen: Sharing Cultural Heritage the Linked Open Data Way – Why You Should Sign Up
Document Type: Conference Paper
Description: Overview of Dutch initiatives that have started opening up their data through far-reaching open licenses as well as initiatives that are using the Linked Open Data cloud to integrate and enriching heritage collection metadata
Degler: Innovative Applications and Data Sharing with Linked Open Data in Museums – Exploring Principles and Examples
Document Type: Conference Paper
Description: Introduction to what you can do with linked data and modern application frameworks, including recent applications and data patterns
Degler, Johnson & Cobb: Linked Open Data in Museums – What it is, the Value, and Your Organization’s Strategy
Document Type: Conference Paper
Description: Introduction to LODLAM: linked open data for libraries, archives and museums, including the implications and opportunities it provides
Voss: Radically Open Cultural Heritage Data on the Web
Citation: Voss, Jon (2012). Radically Open Cultural Heritage Data on the Web. Museums & the Web.
Document type: Conference Paper
Description: This paper examines how a cultural, technological, and legal environment is enabling a growing ecosystem of open historical data through the use of Linked Open Data