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Paul:  forgive me if you already know about scholar.google.com....I  
did a search for technology AND museums, filtered since 2010 and got   
a fair number of results....it would appear a number of the articles  
are free.


On Jul 13, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Paul Spana wrote:

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> I would like to ask the science museum community for help concerning  
> the
> use of new technology in museums. In the past couple of weeks I read  
> an
> article about why the use of new technology is important. The article
> summarized that guest these days expect information faster and at  
> their
> own control.
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> Since then I have read articles online that express the opposite  
> opinion
> that guests actually prefer a break from the world of technology when
> they visit museums.
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>
> I'd like to go back to the first article I found supporting the use of
> new technology to compare notes, but can't find it. Can someone please
> recommend recent articles I could find online which are in favor of
> using new technology?
>
>
>
> Thank you, Paul
>
>
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> Paul Spana
>
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