Message-Id: <mailto:199501041520.JAA12188@library.wustl.edu> Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 09:04:15 -0600 From: UNT Gopher Central <mailto:gopher@HERMES.UNT.EDU> Subject: Announcement: Dallas Museum of Art now on the World Wide Web To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
The Dallas Museum of Art Internet Public Access Project
is now available on the World Wide Web
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The _Dallas Museum of Art Online_ is celebrating its first
anniversary by joining the World Wide Web. Through the
courtesy of the University of North Texas Web server
(www.unt.edu), the DMA online now includes even more extensive
information about the museum in the World Wide Web's user -
friendly hypertext format. Simply aim your browser at the
following address, and enjoy a virtual visit to the Dallas
Museum of Art:
http://www.unt.edu/dfw/dma/www/dma.htm
Background: The DMA Online Internet Public Access Project
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In November, 1993, the Dallas Museum of Art partnered with the
University of North Texas to provide public access to museum
information over the Internet. Starting originally as a pilot
project, the DMA first went online with 25 digital images of
permanent collection artworks and selected text information on
museum exhibitions and events. Today, a year later, the
project has grown to become a repository of over 150 digital
images, 3 multimedia brochures, the Internet's first all-
electronic teaching packet, and substantial information about
DMA services and facilities.
The museum is currently accessed online by over 9,000 users
each month, and DMA information services staff answer
approximately 50 electronic mail reference questions during
the same period. Many users who access the service tend to be
college students or faculty who are Internet browsers.
However, with the rapid growth of the Texas Education Network
(TENET) over the past year, more and more K-12 teachers are
now able to use the DMA online service to help support their
curricular activities. Several successful pilot efforts to
utilize the Internet in conjunction with school field trips to
the museum have been made in the past year, and future efforts
are being planned in cooperation with the North Texas
Institute for Educators in the Visual Arts (NTIEVA) at UNT,
and the Kennedy Center ArtsEdge online pilot project in Fort
Worth.
The unique partnership between the museum and the
University of North Texas to provide this service has proven
beneficial for both institutions over the past year: the
generous technical support furnished by the University of
North Texas has given the museum low-cost access to the
Internet, while the content material provided by the Dallas
Museum of Art has helped serve UNT's goal of providing off-
campus information resources for its student body. Future
plans for the DMA Online include further development of
electronic teaching resources, and a potential partnership
with IBM to provide comprehensive access to other cultural
resources in the North Texas Area, via an Online Cultural
District.
How to access the Dallas Museum of Art Online:
I. On the Internet:
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electronic mail: mailto:DMA@gopher.unt.edu
via Gopher: gopher.unt.edu/dfw/dma
via the World Wide Web:
http://www.unt.edu/dfw/dma/www/dma.htm
via anonymous ftp: ftp.unt.edu cd /dma
II. On the CompuServe Information Service:
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for images & information: GO FINEART
III. For More Information, Contact:
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Manager of Information Technology
Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood
Dallas, Texas 75201
voice: (214) 922-1281
fax: (214) 954-0174
email: mailto:czbb020@access.texas.gov