chris-alexander.com » Off the Shelf http://www.chris-alexander.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:20:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience: Handheld Guides and Other Media http://chris-alexander.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fchris-alexander.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.chris-alexander.com%252F2010%252F01%252Fdigital-technologies-and-the-museum-experience-handheld-guides-and-other-media%252F%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DDigital%2BTechnologies%2Band%2Bthe%2BMuseum%2BExperience%253A%2BHandheld%2BGuides%2Band%2BOther%2BMedia&seed_title=Digital+Technologies+and+the+Museum+Experience%3A+Handheld+Guides+and+Other+Media http://chris-alexander.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fchris-alexander.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.chris-alexander.com%252F2010%252F01%252Fdigital-technologies-and-the-museum-experience-handheld-guides-and-other-media%252F%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DDigital%2BTechnologies%2Band%2Bthe%2BMuseum%2BExperience%253A%2BHandheld%2BGuides%2Band%2BOther%2BMedia&seed_title=Digital+Technologies+and+the+Museum+Experience%3A+Handheld+Guides+and+Other+Media#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:27:28 +0000 Chris http://www.chris-alexander.com/?p=729 I recently started reading a book that was edited by handheld guide expert Loïc Tallon and fellow Londoner Kevin Walker.  The book is a collection of essays by prominent technologists in the museum space writing about mobile guides in museums.  The range of information is extensive ranging from best practices to research in the field.  The book is highly recommended to those with an interest in this area of digital museum interpretation.

Purchase the book here: Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience: Handheld Guides and Other Media

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