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Giving the Gift of Accessibility

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Through her contribution we were able to give our most active volunteers (those who have directly contributed to adding 150 books or more to the library) a chance to request a book -- any book that they wanted to see in Bookshare’s Collection. The One Year Devotionals For Teens 29. The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

Chicago Underground Library (Chicago, IL). If you're looking for inspiration with a collections focus, the Underground Library is a compelling experimental space dedicated to archiving all media produced in Chicago. The library is run in the lobby of a theater company by a group of volunteers led by Nell Taylor.

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Six Steps to Making Risky Projects Possible

Museum 2.0

I used the example of two very different exhibitions that solicited visitor-contributed content: Playing with Science at the London Science Museum, and MN150 at the Minnesota History Center. The Minnesota History Center team solicited visitor nominations for exhibition topics and then built an exhibition out of those contributions.

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New Models for Community Partnerships: Museums Hosting Meetups

Museum 2.0

This month brings three examples of museums hosting meetups for online communities: On 8.6.08, the Computer History Museum (Silicon Valley, CA) hosted a Yelp! Several libraries have started to offer gaming nights where you can drink soda and play Wii to your heart's content. event, the Computer History Museum had 15 reviews on Yelp!

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Guest Post from Museums and the Web: Bryan Kennedy

Museum 2.0

For those who haven't attended, the Museums and the Web conference brings an international audience from art, history, cultural, and science museums together to talk about new ways to engage with their audiences via the web. The Walker Art Center is turning its teen website over to the teens. And now, on to the exciting bits.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. "We are in a moment of time where 57% of teens produce and share media. local time). Media isn't just happening to kids.

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Book Club Part 3b: Talking Institutional Change with Elaine Gurian

Museum 2.0

They were a rich collection museum with some local history—they had many dolls, a famous toy collection. Which is really much closer to the library, which is why I know something about study storage, because individual quest is potentially there. So museums have stuff, and I want to dip in and out like I do at the library.

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