Evaluation Strategy for the Re-Development of the Displays and Visitor Facilities at the Museum and Art Gallery, Kelvingrove

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The Scottish Network on Digital Cultural Resources Evaluation

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Promising Beginning? Evaluating Museum Mobile Phone Apps

Since 2009 museums have started introducing mobile apps in their range of interpretative media and visitor services. As mobile technology continues to develop and permeate all aspects of our life, and the capabilities of smart phones increase while they become more accessible and popular, new possibilities arise for cultural institutions to exploit these tools for communicating in new ways and promoting their exhibitions and programmes. The use of mobile apps opens up new channels of communication between the cultural institution and the user, which extent to his or her personal space and go beyond the boundaries of the museum’s walls. The paper presents a survey carried out of mobile apps designed by art or cultural historical museums and analyses the wider issues which are raised by the findings. It discusses, among others, the kind of use these apps were designed to fulfil (e.g. the majority are guided tours to the permanent collections or to temporary exhibitions), the layering of content,and the type of user interaction and involvement they support

Urban Dynamics and Networking in Coastal Cities -The case of tourism

Traditionally coastal cities had a role as trading ports or gates of entry connecting the hinterland other parts of the world or the country, and acting as points of departure or arrival for goods and people. Trade and industry, were the spine of the economy for many years and a network was created between ports and coastal cities in order to move people (workforce), goods, and materials. Tourism is a dynamic spontaneous phenomenon, which creates opportunities for many coastal cities to participate in a different network of exchange. Tourism is considered an activity that does not create networks in the traditional sense but as mobility increases information and familiarity could pose as a new kind of connection between coastal cities. This paper aims to explore the structure and dynamics of such a network at an inter-intra regional level. The focus is on coastal cities since they are very popular tourism destinations and they account for the majority of visits in Europe. Reference will be made to the Greek middle size coastal cities since many of their traditional activities are degrading, they already attract a large number of visitors and they provide the opportunity for regeneration through tourism. The paper will be based on a questionnaire survey of visitors conducted during the summer months (June-August 2003) in Volos a middle size coastal city in Greece. The questionnaire is part of a broader survey of tourism in Volos aiming to explore tourism characteristics, flows and to evaluate the tourism product of the city. This network relationship will be examined in terms of complementary and competition and the impacts on city-region relations. Finally the policy implications and the potential for expanding and planning this network in order to contribute and promote sustainable development of coastal cities will be explored.

The Scottish Network on Digital Cultural Resources Evaluation

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Evaluation Strategy for the Re-Development of the Displays and Visitor Facilities at the Museum and Art Gallery, Kelvingrove

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Evaluation strategies in the cultural sector: the case of the Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery in Glasgow

The paper examines museum evaluation activities in their social and political context and advocates the need for evaluation strategies in the cultural sector. It analyses the case of the Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery in Glasgow, which commissioned the design of such a strategy as part of its current project for the redevelopment of displays and visitor facilities. The Strategy covered the evaluation of the new displays, of orientation provision, of the new and improved facilities, as well as information to inform future policies and plans. The paper examines methodological issues related to the design of the evaluation strategy and to evaluation work at the Museum in general. It also examines the objectives set by the specific project and the relevant actions suggested by the strategy in order to meet these. Finally, it critically examines the role and effectiveness of evaluation in this context

Reinventing the Academic Museum: Studying the Digital Transformations at Glasgow's University Museums

The Hunterian is Scotland’s oldest public museum holding large and diverse collections of national significance. These were built on the founding bequest of Dr William Hunter (1718 - 1783), a pioneering obstetrician, teacher and passionate collector, and reflect his Enlightenment interests. The Hunterian has just embarked on an ambitious project that will allow it to reunite the collections and employ new technologies to increase their accessibility. In partnership with Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Life and the National Library of Scotland, it will co-locate its collections at the Kelvin Hall, one of Glasgow’s historic buildings. A new portal will bring the collections of the three partners together. The paper focuses on a project, which will study the use of these online collections and large data sets for teaching, research and public engagement with diverse communities. The project will investigate how these developments affect the way different user groups (students, researchers, wider educational audiences and communities) engage with the online collections and the potential for new types of interactions. It will also draw guidelines and discuss the wider issues arising from this case study about how online access and digital technologies are reshaping out understanding of rich and diverse cultural material

Herding behaviour in extreme market conditions: the case of the Athens Stock Exchange

This paper examines herd behaviour in extreme market conditions using data from the Athens Stock Exchange. We test for the presence of herding as suggested by Christie and Huang (1995) and Chang, Cheng, and Khorana (2000). Results based on daily, weekly and monthly data indicate the existence of herd behaviour for the years 1998-2007. Evidence of herd behaviour over daily time intervals is much stronger, revealing the short-term nature of the phenomenon. When the testing period is broken into semi-annual sub-periods, herding is found during the stock market crisis of 1999. Investor behaviour seems to have become more rational since 2002, owing to the regulatory and institutional reforms of the Greek equity market and the intense presence of foreign institutional investors.