Matthijs,
This sounds like useful research. I'm afraid I can't answer your questions, but if other people do answer, I'd be grateful if you could share your findings with the list.
Best wishes,
Jane Sarre
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Subject: Internet/Computer Readingrooms in Musea Hello dear listers,
My name is Matthijs Keesman and I´m currently working on a project to create an exhibitionhall for the 21th century for a museum in Haarlem, The
Netherlands. For this project we are researching how internet/computer facilities work within musea.
At this moment I´m very curious to hear the stories of those people who have experience with Internetfacilities or Internet reading rooms in musea,
particulary according to the following questions:
A. Do internetfacilities attract visitors at all? Is it a new audience or an existing audience?
B. Is everything that can be accessed in the museum accessible through the internet? Are there any extra goodies offered?
C. Do people actually spend more time with these facilities or do they cannibalize ( i.e. spend less time in shop, restaurant or the collection)
D. What is the most common problem with the internet terminals?
E. How would you define the function of these internetfacilities in relation to the museum?
It would help me a lot if anyone could share his or her ideas or experiences to one or more of these questions.
Thanks.
Kind regards,
Matthijs Keesman
Society for Old and New Media, Amsterdam
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