Category Archives: historical societies

History 2.0: Remaking the Study and Preservation of History Using Collaboritive Web-based Tools

Presented April 17 at BarCamp Boston 5 at MIT’s Stata Center.

History 2.0 from BarCamp Boston 5
Thanks to all who attended the talk, asked questions, and provided helpful feedback.  Please add comments below or contact me if you’re interested in participating.
Thanks, too, to all of the volunteers who created and produced BarCamp Boston 5, and to [...]

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PhilaPlace.org: Mapping history to neighborhoods

PhilaPlace integrates history with location through an interface that makes examining historical information by location straightforward.
The site was launched on December 9, 2009 and updated March 29, 2010 as described in this announcement (emphasis added):
On the PhilaPlace “Map” page at PhilaPlace.org, visitors can click on the new “Streets” tab and view [...]

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The web and decoupling preservation, interpretation, and presentation

David Crosson, the Executive Director of the California Historical Society, raised this question in a LinkedIn group:
Q: Is anyone aware of state, regional, or national studies that identify creative benchmarks against which to measure the effectiveness of a history organization’s website? Is there a bell curve out there for site visits, [...]

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