Apologies for cross posting ------------------------------------ Welcome to Issue 5 of Cultivate Interactive Issue 5 of Cultivate Interactive is now available: http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue5/ The highlights include: Feature Articles ---------------------- T-News: Bridging the Museum Generation Gap: http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue5/telemuseum/ Do you have problems getting teenagers into your Museum? Nils Olander explains how Telemuseum tackled this problem by allowing them to create low budget news programmes using Telemuseum's television studios. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue5/giants/ Paul Miller, David Dawson and John Perkins report on a recent meeting at which representatives of national and international cultural content creation programmes from around the world were invited to consider scope for greater collaboration. The Israel Museum and the Electronic Surrogate: http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue5/israel/ Susan Hazan, the curator of new media for the Israel Museum based in Jerusalem attempts to answer the question "If the intrinsic experience of a museum is about its material collections, why would a museum even want an electronic surrogate?" CORDIS: http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue5/cordis/ Thibault Heuz describes innovation opportunities available for the information community via CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service. A Survey of Virtual Reality in the VIS.I.T. Theatre: http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue5/cineca/ The CINECA team (Interuniversity Consortium) talk about their role as a leading player in the visualization field. Regular and Misc. Articles ---------------------- DIGICULT Column http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue5/digicult/ Concha Fernndez de la Puente writes her last column on the European Commission's initiatives in the field of digital heritage and cultural content. At the Event: 5th European Conference, ECDL 2001: http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue5/ecdl/ The 5th conference in the series of European Conferences on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries was held in Darmstadt, Germany between 4 and 9 September 2001. Monica Bonett attended on behalf of the IMesh Toolkit Project, and reports on some of the activities. An Introductory Guide to Audio and Video Encoding: http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue5/jam/ In a follow up to last issue's Streaming Video articles David Johns of Culturejam limited, a company who specialise in optimising video and audio for the Web, introduces the art of encoding. IFAEK: A Vision of Improvements for a More Structured and Personalized World Wide Web: http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue5/ifaek/ Christian Guetl discusses a possible way of providing existing Web content with more structure and context, which may help users to get more relevant information from the Internet. The most Fascinating Library Buildings in the World: http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue5/buildings/ Godfrey Oswald leads the search and introduces 'The Book of Library Records'. A Content Management and Web Publishing Systems Gazetteer http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue5/cms/ Philip Hunter follows on from a recent Ariadne article with a detailed list of the different Content Management Systems currently available. Other Areas ------------------ Competition Cultivate Interactive's Spot the European City Competition. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue5/competition/ If you have any queries regarding Cultivate Interactive or writing for Cultivate Interactive please send them to <[log in to unmask]> ----------------------------------------------------- Marieke Napier, Information Officer UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, England, BA2 7AY Cultivate Interactive: http://www.cultivate-int.org/ Home Page: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/m.napier/ Phone: 01225 826354 FAX: 01225 826838