Blog archive: Museullaneous
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On the horizon
What kinds of temporary exhibitions should the Australian Museum be showing?
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Communicators - get on, not under, the digital bus
Editor Deb White will discuss the recent adaptation of her skills in communicating via text to the world of video communication. She also offers links to a variety of short films that highlight the various ways that having a storytelling/communication background can stand you in good stead for a
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Culture change
The 20th anniversary in June 2012 of the Mabo decision overturning terra nullius in Australia has justifiably been marked and celebrated.
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Guide Alice and the Lyre-Birds of Mount Buffalo
This intriguing little booklet, published in 1924 is part of the Melbourne Ward collection in the Australian Museum Research Library.
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Social Musings: Stories from October
What have we been up to on Facebook and Twitter? Online Producer Michael Hugill cuts out the stats and pastes in the more interesting social media stories (in a picture book format no less).
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‘Regardfully offered’ by Ferdinand von Mueller
While browsing the uncatalogued material left to the Australian Museum Research Library by naturalist Mel Ward, a scrappy, dirty little volume came to light...
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The Internet of Things
What is the Internet of Things and what does it mean for museums?
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Adventure novels in a natural history library?
Sometimes, items in a specialist library collection might seem to veer a little off-topic...
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What’s happening with tablets now?
The latest research from Google throws up some surprises ... and some exciting opportunities!
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Natural phenomena in words and pictures
The mid nineteenth century was a fascinating time when science and religion were of equal, and not always conflicting, importance in explaining the wonders of the world.
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A vision realised
Charles Ledgers' 19th century vision for an expansive alpaca wool industry was a long time coming.
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Mapping the North Sea Fisheries: O.T. Olsen’s Piscatorial Atlas (1883)
Sometimes the most ordinary-looking books house hidden treasures.
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A mobile app or a mobile website?
Continuing on the mobile musing path, when should you build a mobile website and when a mobile app?
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Rolling out mobile products
How do you promote and market apps to potential users, while engaging them before, during and after a physical visit?
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User-testing mobile apps
What's the process when user-testing mobile apps (or any other digital product)?
