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Once again, the 1998 Best of the Web Contest will be held in conjunction =
with
Museums and the Web, the only international conference devoted to museums' =
use
of the World Wide Web.  =5BThe full program for MW98 is available at the
conference web site: http://www.archimuse.com/mw98/=5D

Awards will be made by an international panel of judges, representing the
spectrum of those involved in web site development in museums including =
previous
winners, students, artists and initiators of innovative projects. The =
criteria
used for evaluation of the best museum Web sites will be based on the draft
Criteria for Evaluating Museum Multimedia (see
http://www.archimuse.com/cidoc/cidoc.mmwg.eval.crit.html) put together by =
the
ICOM/CIDOC Multimedia Working Group in Nuremburg in Sept. 1997.

Return the on-line nomination form
(http://www.archimuse.com/mw98/frame=5Fbest.html) to nominate your favourite=
 site
for consideration. The winners will be announced at the opening ceremony in
Toronto. Prizes include free registration at Museums and the Web 99 for the
institution judged Best Overall.

Rewarding innovative projects, whose conception illustrates the =
possibilities
for future designs on the Web is a the concern for all involved in museum =
web
projects. Please join me in ensuring that the Best of the Web is a great =
venue
for this.

If you have any queries do not hesitiate to contact the Contest Coordinator,
Sarah Kenderdine
=3Csibk=40xtra.co.nz=3E or the Conference Co-Chairs David Bearman
=3Cdbear=40archimuse.com=3E and Jennifer Trant =3Cjtrant=40archimuse.com=3E =
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Museum Informatics (http://www.archimuse.com/).

Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.


Sarah Kenderdine
Coordinator, Best of the Web
Museums and the Web 1998