MED-CULT
MED-CULT
Title

Quality Principles for Cultural Websites

Type

Regional

Funding Organization

European Union

Project Acronym:

MED-CULT

Description

The project provides a methodology and a set of tools in order to establish a stable support network, where organizations from the cultural sector can find information and advice to improve the quality of their websties.

Objectives

 - To improve the quality of the cultural websites through the dissemination across the Arab-speaking countries of the MINERVA guidelines and tools.
 - To raise awareness of the importance of assuring reliability, transparency, and accessibility to an even wider public of the cultural and educational content provided on the web.
 - To contribute to information literacy and capacity building.

Scope

Web communication of the cultural heritage

Duration

From: 11th December 2005   To: 14th December 2006

Team    

Number of partners: 5

Number of countries: 5

Countries involved:  Italy, Jordan, France, Morocco and Egypt

Output    

Publications ----

Handbook: Quality Principles for Cultural Websites: a handbook (Arabic version)

Postcard: The MINERVA 10 Quality Principles postcard

Reports: ----

Entity to which reports are submitted: ----

Events:     
. 12-13 December 2006. Department of Antiquities, Amman, Jordan Workshop Culture for web, Web for culture     
. 5-6 June 2006. Rabat, Morocco, Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc 5, Avenue Ibn Batouta, Agdal, Rabat Atelier La culture pour le web, le web pour la culture     
. 3-4 April 2006. Giza, Egypt, Centre for documentation of cultural and natural heritage
Workshop Culture for web, Web for culture

Website(Status): www.medcult.org

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