Renaissance West Midlands
Online Social Networking and Museums in the West Midlands
How are regional museums using social networks? How can they best use them
to reach existing and new audiences?
Renaissance West Midlands have commissioned digital publishing consultant
Jon Pratty to research how museums, galleries, libraries and archives can
make best use of the latest online social networking networks.
"We are very keen to speak to people in the West Midlands who want to get
their museum or culture venue into social network sites like Facebook and
MySpace," said Linda Spurdle, Hub Online Resources Manager, Renaissance West
Midlands. "If you've already done it, let's hear how it went. If you're
thinking about doing it, let's get together to help each other."
This short action research project works through online social networks
themselves, building activity, making links, joining networks together,
evaluating the systems through practical use.
It will pull together shared social networking experiences during
November/December 2008, which will then be presented at an informal event in
a West Midlands museum in the week beginning December 15, 2008.
A web page summing up the research and recognising the outcomes of the
project will be published on the Renaissance West Midlands website -
http://www.renaissancewestmidlands.org.uk/
For more info contact Jon Pratty on 01273 277396/07739 287392 or
[log in to unmask] Project contact at Renaissance West Midlands is Linda
Spurdle, 0121 303 1610 or Linda <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Renaissance West Midlands: http://www.renaissancewestmidlands.org.uk/
Jon Pratty on the web: http://machineculture.wordpress.com/
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