Interactive Multimedia for Museum Publishing

Interactive multimedia has made progress in becoming accepted within the world of museums the last few years. As evidence of this trend, the revised edition of Roberta Binder's report, Videodiscs in Museums: Project b Resource Directory lists exhibits in more than a hundred U.S. museums, as well as a selection of about 30 sites from other countries. Today, proposals for special exhibitions and new museums routinely include a budget item for interactive displays. The number of attendees at multimedia conferences also demonstrates increased knowledge and more positive attitudes, though I'm sure most can tell of protracted campaigns of education and persuasion among colleagues, curators, and administration.