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The purpose of this presentation is to outline the Museum Multimedia (MM) experience in Russia. I am quite not sure wether all my colleagues experts and museum community in West Europe and America are intimately familiar with Russian experience in this sphere and I am pleased to have this opportunity to fill the gap. I will mainly focus on the general picture for some more reports with detailed...

Sophisticated technology is commonplace in most hospitals and increasingly mobile devices are being used in hospitals by clinical staff. Although the growth in mobile device usage in hospitals has the potential to contribute to better health and medical services delivery, nurses and doctors are still very reliant on paper-based information. Much of the research reported to date has focused on t...

In this paper a new method of modelling and dynamic composition of behaviour-rich interactive 3D virtual museum exhibitions is described. The method enables museum experts, without advanced knowledge in computer programming, to create 3D virtual exhibitions accessible both locally inside the museums and remotely over the Internet. The method uses a novel Beh-VR modelling approach, which is comp...

Museums and Art Galleries are challenged to inspire, engage and involve visitors by presenting their collections within physical exhibitions. Curators and exhibition professionals are increasingly telling stories using digital interactivity. This work introduces Quando, a visual programming based toolset that domain experts can use to create interactive exhibits. A small case study demonstrates...

fication Corrosion monitoring by resistivity measurement was used to assess the environmental conditions in cultural heritage institutions, with the aim to provide advice on the preservation conditions in museums, showcases or storage areas. Changes in corrosion depth of thin copper sensors were followed during a year. The results of studies in 13 museums, libraries and archives are presented. ...

The 21st century will see the emergence of a universal knowledge base accessible to the information privileged of the first world. Its elements will include full text of the world's libraries, text and image of its contemporary broadcast media products and large quantities of text and image from its archives and museums. What is not now clear is how archives and museums can best respond to this...

The continuous advance in mobile technology provides a new learning interface in education. It enhance the development of mobile learning in educational settings. By review of literatures, most of mobile learning occurs not in traditional education settings but in riverside resorts, on the cars, museums, even at home. Contrary to the general perception, studies of mobile learning are mostly con...