Creating a Winning Online Exhibition: A Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums

This brief guide details the process of conceiving, designing, and executing an online exhibition. It offers advice on selecting materials, developing a theme, and creating a narrative presentation, while keeping in mind broader goals like attracting users, increasing visibility, and showcasing the collection. Case studies, sample artwork, screen captures, and information on mark-up languages, online databases, and software programs are included. Sample project proposals, exhibition scripts, time lines, database structures, and guidelines are provided. Kalfatovic is the digital projects librarian with the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)