I agree. I also noticed that the 'About us' section of the webguide does not in fact tell us anything about the authors of the site.
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>>> Ian Rowson <[log in to unmask]> 22/05/01 13:17:42 >>>
Having looked at the museum webguide, I can't help thinking that it's taking a very negative approach. Surely it would be better to showcase and celebrate good practice, rather than to 'name and shame' what a critic feels to be bad practice - after all, even the museum webguide site itself contains an obvious typo... ;-)
Many museums are charities that are scraping by on a shoestring budget, it's hardly surprising that some of the things they do are restricted in terms of commercial 'polish' - and I'm not just talking about web sites!
I'm all for raising standards, just not sure that this is the best way to do it.
What do other MCG'ers think?
Ian.
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