Browsing Proceedings 2003 by Title
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelDistant lives & digital surrogates Innovation, outreach and collaboration in university museums can take many forms. In recent years, virtual access through web sites and electronic publishing has helped to transform university museums into dynamic spaces ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelExplore evolution at the University of MichiganExhibit Museum of Natural History The Exhibit Museum of Natural History at the University of Michigan is one of six partner museums in the NSFfunded Explore Evolution project. Participating museums will tailor their involvement in different ways to achieve ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelGoing the distance As the only four-year academic institution in the geographically large and rural state of Wyoming (WY), the University of Wyoming Art Museum (UWAM) was challenged to create meaningful access to the museum and ist collection ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelHow to develop an unrecognized scientific heritage This paper presents the nature and value of the zoological collections conserved in the University of Liege zoological museum.1 The "hidden" collections comprise the scientific heritage of former and even famous researchers ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelICOM and UMAC: a joint venture
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2005-01-01Zeitschriftenartikel"In their own image: Greek-Australians" NationalProject "In Their Own Image: Greek-Australians" National Project was established 21 years ago by photographer Effy Alexakis and historian Leonard Janiszewski. We are researching and documenting the Greek-Australian historical and ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelLinking museums and libraries Access to information about museum collections is especially important in university museums because of the academic nature of their missions. This paper proposes the use of a ubiquitous tool to provide an additional access ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelMuseum exhibitions and the consecrated object The purpose of this paper is to present some ideas on museum exhibitions and aspects of significance of the museum object. It aims at understanding the changes in meaning intrinsic to a museum object—the different meanings ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelMuseums as a mirror of society Following the Darwinian approach, which describes a form in nature as the functional adaptation to its environment at a given time, I will explore the development of museums and collections of science as an expression of ...
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2005-01-01Teil eines PeriodikumsProceedings of the Third Conference of the International Committee for University Museums and Collections (UMAC) - Norman, Oklahoma, USA, September 21-26,2003
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelSeize the day! University museums and collections exist within a changing academic culture where a "seize the day" attitude prevails, where actions are required to be revolutionary and where strategic alliances still promise to make ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelTeaching from objects and classics in a college art gallery The Daura Gallery exists to support the mission of Lynchburg College by being a resource for teaching through the collection, care, interpretation and exhibition of works of art. This paper examines the Lynchburg College ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelThe Ghent University Zoology Museum Modern society is characterized by wide ranging ideas on many different topics. This can be reflected in the manner university governments treat their university museums. At the University of Ghent Zoology Museum, we aim ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelThe spirit crying for meaning "Central Street Live" was an innovative research-based exhibition in a campus gallery that was made possible through linking the working principles that govern Macquarie University in its core areas of business: Research, ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelUMAC worldwide database A web-based database has been developed in support of UMAC's mission. The database aims at providing a global directory of university museums and collections to be used by UMAC, researchers, students and the general public ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelUMAC: Information, Ideas and International Collegiality The International Committee for University Museums and Collections (UMAC) identifies and enhances the strengths of university museums and collections. To do this, UMAC must find ground common to all the museums and ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelUniversity collections as a tool for teaching multimedia literacy The rapidly growing use of digital media demands adequate multimedia and information technology skills. Students without sufficient media literacy are in need of further training. University collections provide a setting ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelUniversity museums and collections of natural history Natural history museums and collections at American universities have been in decline for the past 30 years, due in part to increasing constraints on the financial support framework and the perception that natural history ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelUniversity museums and formative experiences in natural history Many people who develop a passion for natural histoiy report formative experiences from their youth while exploring creeks and woodlands in their local area. With the advent of the internet and increased urbanization in ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelUnlocking the legacy of Alberta's Natural Science collections Alberta's natural science collections face fundamental challenges that are part of much larger issues beyond museums and collections. University collections can thrive in the midst of these challenges by focusing on a ...
