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Information Technologies and the Cultural Sector

ECNA: - The European Computer Network for the Arts
ITEM - Image Technology in Museums and Galleries: Knowledge Base: - international resource of information about planned and implemented uses of image databases and interactive media
UK Online: The United Kingdom Government's web directory of central, regional and local government services and information
e-democracy: The United Kingdom's Cabinet Office Unit's web site for Government consultation on e-democracy,
R.A.R.I.N. - Rights and Reproduction Information Network (Registrar's Committee of the American Association of Museums)
Copyright policy and law, including electronic publications issues, prepared by and for the University of Virginia Library
Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation: A very helpful introduction by the Bay City Public Schools Network, USA
ICOM and the Internet Policy Statement - International Council of Museums (ICOM) December 1995
Museum Information Standards, 1996 by Andrew Roberts for the ICOM International Committee for Documentation (CIDOC)
Standardization of collections inventories in Africa. Handbook of Standards, 1996 - Prepared originally for the ICOM AFRICOM Programme, hence the title, but of general application
Registration step by step: when an object enters the museum (ICOM-CIDOC)
Labelling and marking objects (ICOM-CIDOC)
Introduction to Multimedia in Museums - prepared by Multimedia Working Group of the ICOM International Committee for Documentation (CIDOC) with the support of the Getty Information Institute and the International Council of Museums (ICOM)
mda (formerly Museum Documentation Association (UK)
MCN 1998: Museum Computer Network Annual Conference, Santa Monica, USA, September 1998 - programme, abstracts and papers
CHOL - Cultural Heritage On-line: new international on-line "Workshop for the Information Society" on standardisation of cultural heritage systems
Museums and the Information Technology Revolution: the museum management and training challenge , by Patrick J. Boylan, ICOM Leiden, 1984
Uses of Information Technology in Museums Checklist abstracted from Patrick Boylan's 1984 Leiden paper (see above)
Information Technology in the Leicestershire Museums, Arts and Records Service: Past, present and future, by Patrick J. Boylan, 1987
Cultural Implications of the Internetworked Society: Will information technology give the museum an entirely new role in society? - A Virtual Lecture by Patrick J. Boylan, Uppsala, 1995
EU - ISPO The Information Society Project of the European Union
Data Protection Registrar (UK) - Using the law to protect your information
IPPR Access to Communications in the 21st Century: - web site for the major Media and Communications public policy research project of the (UK) Institute for Public Policy Research
LEXIS Law & Technology Web Lectures (USA) - with numerous links to other legal education and reference sites
RARIN (Rights and Reproduction Information Network): covers law & legislation, other useful websites, Imaging & Licensing Organizations, and Repro Survey Sample Policies

Some major sources of software and Web development advice, templates etc.

W3C: The World Wide Web Consortium: "Realizing the Full Potential of the Web..." - the official administrative body for the World Wide Web at CERN, Geneva, where the WWW was developed; site includes definitive guides to HTML and other user interfaces (including style sheets, graphics and 3-D), reference software and the home pages for the Virtual Library and Web Journal
Virtual Library of WWW Development: - major site for links to many dozens of sources of information and technical support for developers and managers of World Wide Web sites and documents
Guides to developing your own Web pages, learning HTML etc.: City University Computing Services
Sunsite down-loadable software library at Imperial College, University of London: many hundreds of down-loadable software packages, many available free of charge or at greatly reduced prices to UK students and academics for educational use
Netscape Official Site: - official support site for Netscape software including the latest versions of Netscape Navigator , plus Web authoring and use support software, plug-ins etc. and advice
JavaSoft official site: - just about everything you might ever want to know about the rapidly developing and very powerful Java-based computing, whether in Web site development or internal operations
Cascading Style Sheets: Web Design Group's free guide to one of the latest major advance in HTML authoring
CAST "Bobby" Web Page Checker: a very good free on-line program of the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST). Quickly checks any Web page for compatibility with HTML rules and with virtually every version of both graphics and text-only Web Browsers, also checks for bad coding, speed of downloading and access etc.
Pixart: - practical guidance on using computers in graphics of all kind
235 Media: - new Web site of 235 Media, a major European agency for media art, with large number of images covering media, art and culture
Communication Arts: - Web version of the leading American graphic design journal, with catalogues of computer and Web graphics authoring equipment and software
Digital Creativity: - Web version of US journal of digital imaging and supporting technologies
CataList - official catalog of LISTSERV lists: Database and search engine for information covering over 17,000 Internet mailing lists and discussion groups