Workshop on the Use of Technology for Museums of the Pacific Islands Region


Time table: 11 to 15 July 2005


9am: Welcome by Mr Mali Voi, Sub+AC0-regional Cultural Advisor, UNESCO Office for the Pacific States

Professor Amareswar Galla, Vice President, International Council of Museums

Ms Cristina Menegazzi, Programme Specialist, ICOM

Abel Caine, Advisor for Communication and Information, UNESCO Office for the Pacific States

Overview by Tom Worthington, Visiting Fellow, Computer Science, Australian National University


10:30 Morning Tea


11am The Web


12 Noon Lunch


1 PM The Internet


3pm Afternoon Tea


3:30pm ICT


4:30pm Close


9am Search engines, directories


10:30 Morning Tea


11am Exercise: Find your institution using a search engine. Where else is your cultural content on line?


12 Noon Lunch


1 PM E+AC0-mail, Newsletters, discussion forums, discussion lists


3pm Afternoon Tea


3:30pm Exercise: Find a relevant discussion list and read some of the postings.


4:30pm Close




9am Objectives, audience, content and function


10:30 Morning Tea


11am Exercise: What are, or should be, the objectives, audience, content and function of your institution?


12 Noon Lunch


1 PM Site structure and design
2 PM Exercise: What is the site structure for your web site? What should it be?


3pm Afternoon Tea


3:30pm Hosting, domain name, maintenance

4 pm Exercise: What does your institution's domain name tell you about it? What would be a good new name?


4:30pm Close


9am Flexible Design


10:30 Morning Tea


11am Preparation of text and images


12 Noon Lunch


1 PM HTML basics


3pm Afternoon Tea


3:30pm Exercise: Simplify your institution's for a dial up modem and so it is the web page usable without images.


4:30pm Close


9am Metadata and Digital Archives


10:30 Morning Tea


11am RSS and Web services


12 Noon Lunch


1 PM On line Meetings, Intranets

3pm Afternoon Tea


3:30pm What next?


4:30pm Close

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