Guide to Opportunities in Volunteer Archaeology
Case study of the use of a hypertext system in a museum
exhibit
Guide to Opportunities in Volunteer Archaeology
Case study of the use of a hypertext system in a museum
exhibit
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Date
1998-10-15
Authors
Plaisant, Catherine
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Abstract
This case study shows how a hypertext system was used in a
traveling exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution. The database
about archaeology was constructed by a professor and
students of the history department of the University of
Maryland. Regular updates of the database were made for
each new venue of the exhibit. Finally the database was
translated into French and automatically rebuilt to be used in
Canada. Helpful features of the hypertext system as well as
the difficulties encountered are described. System users
were observed in the museum and collected usage data was
analyzed.
(Also cross-referenced as CAR-TR-523)