Cultural Engineering Group

Rohn Jay Miller, (AlphaBeta LLC, USA) recently informed our group that MW 2010 Best of the Web nomminations are now open and will be accepted untill February 21st. All sites nominated will be reviewed by a the Best of the Web panel and awards offered in a number of categories. In addition, users of this site will choose one site as the People’s Choice in April.

Please review the Nomination Process. For further background, see the contest details.

Recognizing achievement in heritage Web site design, a committee of museum professionals selects the Best of the Web each year.

Categories : museum web sites from around the world can be nominated, provided they have been launched or significantly updated in 2009. For more details, see Eligibility,

Nominations are now open on the conference community site.

Sites will be reviewed by an independent panel of judges. The Process and Categories for 2010 are now under review:

The Best of the Web panel will consider Web sites nominated in the following categories:

• Education
• Exhibition
• Innovative or Experimental
• Long-lived
• Museum Professional
• Podcast (Audio / Video)
• Research
• Social Media

Awards will be given in each of the categories above, and in the following general areas:

• People’s Choice
• Small
• Best Overall, selected by the judges from all of the sites nominated.

Be sure to review the category definitions carefully before suggesting a site. Sites do much better when they are considered in the right context.

Nomination

Sites are put forward for the Best of the Web in an open nomination process. Anyone registered at http://conference.archimuse.com can nominate one site.

Nominations will be made through the conference community site, and will be publicly available for review and comment. Nominations of sites other than your own are encouraged.

Sites from anywhere in the world are eligible, provided they have been launched or significantly updated in 2009.

Sources : Rohn Jay Miller, (AlphaBeta LLC, USA) / Archimuse.

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