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The Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN) is pleased to announce it has won the 2001 Silver Muse Award of the American Association of Museums (AAM): "In recognition of the Highest Standards of Excellence in the use of Media and Technology for a Collections Database or Research Resource" Now in its twelfth year, the Muse Award programme is operated by the AAM's Media and Technology Professional Committee, and this year's awards were announceded at a special ceremony at the AAM Saint Louis conference on 7 May 2001. Although the scope of the Muse Awards is international, SCRAN is the only Silver Muse winner in any category from outside North America. Honourable mentions in other categories went to Tate Modern (Multimedia), National Palace Museum, Taipei (DVD) and Museum Victoria, Melbourne (Video). Muse Awards: http://www.mediaandtechnology.org/muse/index.html SCRAN: http://www.scran.ac.uk/ Contact: Prof Bruce Royan, CEO, SCRAN (Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network) tel (+44) 131 662 1211 fax(+44) 131 662 1511 [log in to unmask]