Category Archives: The evolution of the Web and society

The web and decoupling preservation, interpretation, and presentation

By Lee Wright | Published: April 2, 2010

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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Digital photos for National Register submissions: An interview with Michael Southern, North Carolina’s Senior Architectural Historian, on making the move to digital

By Lee Wright | Published: March 18, 2009

Today was the deadline to comment on the National Park Service’s draft digital photo policy.  An earlier article on state leadership on digital photo policies cited North Carolina’s policy of requiring digital photos.
I recently asked Peter Sandbeck, who administers North Carolina’s Historic Preservation Office and serves as the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, how they [...]

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Victor Hugo tweets about Skittles

By Lee Wright | Published: March 18, 2009

An e-mail exchange with a small circle of colleagues about the evolution of the Web and society–we’ve all been deeply involved with the Web since 1995– brought such an interesting exchange yesterday that, with their permission, I’ve moved it here.  Given the focus of Read Write History on the use of modern tools to foster [...]

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