Always on: museums in the mobile communication era

L Calvi, M. Cassella

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Abstract

The paper investigates the use of mobile tools by museums in order to provide mobile access to their permanent collections and special exhibitions. In fact, it deals with the wider topic of how museums tackle the complex issue of communicating with their present and potential audience using modern (i.e., mobile in this case) technologies. The paper presents and discusses the results of a survey that was proposed to Dutch and Flemish museums mainly dealing with modern and contemporary art or with science and technology. We tried to derive some trends and best practices in order to identify a good way to provide an engaging (mobile) experience to museum visitors. These results, although not always stirring in terms of answer percentages and of what most museums seem to be doing with new media, do show a clear interest towards mobile technologies and openness to innovation in the Dutch cultural sector.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationELPUB 2011 - Digital Publishing and Mobile Technologies, 15th International Conference on Electronic Publishing
EditorsY. Tonta
Place of PublicationAnkara
PublisherHacettepe University Department of Information Management
Pages62-70
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)978-975-491-320-0
Publication statusPublished - 2011
EventDigital Publishing and Mobile Technologies, 15th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, ELpub 2011, Istanbul, Turkey, 22/06/2011-24/06/201 - Ankara
Duration: 3 Jan 0001 → …

Publication series

NameELPUB 2011 - Digital Publishing and Mobile Technologies, 15th International Conference on Electronic Publishing

Conference

ConferenceDigital Publishing and Mobile Technologies, 15th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, ELpub 2011, Istanbul, Turkey, 22/06/2011-24/06/201
CityAnkara
Period3/01/01 → …

Keywords

  • Mobile access to digital cultural heritage
  • Mobile museums
  • Mobile user experience

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