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	CHIN/VMC Membership Package
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	VMC Community Memories Program
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	My institution and/or its events to the VMC (Guide entry)
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Reports
	CHIN - The Year in Perspective 2004-2005
	VMC Online Visitor Survey
	CHIN 2004 National Membership Study - Summary Report
	2003 National Consultation with Large Institutions
	VMC consultations
	Virtual Museum (of Canada): The Next Generation

Creating and Managing Digital Content

Creating Digital Content - Digitization

	Best Practices Study of Museum CD-ROM Production
	Capture Your Collections - digitization tutorial
	Digitization Case Studies
	Hardware and Software - reviews and resources
	Links - Digitization
	See also... Intellectual Property

Managing and Preserving Digital Content

	Digital Preservation: Best Practice for Museums
	Digital Preservation for Museums: Recommendations
	Preservation of Digital Information
	Links—Preservation

Presenting Digital Content - Web site development

	Analysis of Machine Translation
	Best Practices in Museum Web Site Design
	Liberating Heritage Content to Classrooms Via the Web
	Producing Online Heritage Projects
	Tip Sheets: Presenting Online Content Effectively
	Links—Web Site Development

Research and Evaluation

	Getting the Word Out Using RSS
	On Collaboration and Access to Digital Cultural Heritage Content
	CHIN’s Environmental Scan: Methodology and Findings
	Podcasting and the Museum Experience
	Analysis of User Needs and Evaluation Studies of Digital Cultural Content
	Beyond Productivity: Culture and Heritage Resources in the Digital Age
	Content Scope Evaluation: Determining Audience Interest in Virtual Exhibits
	Research on ‘Quality’ in Online Experiences for Museum Users
	2004 Survey of Visitors to Museums’ Web Space and Physical Space: Survey Documentation and Findings
	Links—Research and Evaluation

Intellectual Property

	An Analysis of Economic Models for Administering Museum Intellectual Property
	A Canadian Museum's Guide to Developing a Licensing Strategy
	Copyright Guide for Museums and Other Cultural Organizations
	Developing Intellectual Property Policies: A How-To Guide for Museums
	Illustrating Options: Collective Administration of Intellectual Property for Canadian Cultural Heritage Institutions
	Licensing Images: Checklist for Museums and Other Cultural Organizations
	Like Light Through a Prism: Analyzing Commercial Markets for Cultural Heritage Content
	Protecting Your Interests: A Legal Guide to Negotiating Web Site Development and Virtual Exhibition Agreements
	Sample CD-ROM Licensing Agreements for Museums - Civil Law Edition, Canada, 1997
	Sample CD-ROM Licensing Agreements for Museums - Canadian Common Law Edition, 1997
	The Law, NAFTA and Distributed Environments: Legal Inhibitors to Technological Innovation?
	The Price of Digitization: New Cost Models for Cultural and Educational Institutions
	The Virtual Display Case: Making Museum Image Assets Safely Visible, 3rd ed.
	Links - Intellectual Property

Collections Management


	Collections Management Software Review (CMSR)
	Criteria Checklist
	Collections Management Software Selection (CMSS)
	CHIN Data Dictionary - Archaeological Sites
	CHIN Data Dictionary - Humanities
	CHIN Data Dictionary - Natural Sciences
	Documentation Guide and Suggested Standards
	Sample records
	Links - Collections Management
See also...
	Museum Collections Management/Documentation Standards
	Procedural Standards

Standards

	Introduction to Standards
	Metadata Standards for Museum Cataloguing
	Vocabulary and Classification
	Data Format Standards
	Interchange Standards
	Procedural Standards
	Current Research
	Standards Research
	Standards Organizations
	Links - Standards
See also...
	Analysis of Machine Translation

Artefacts Canada

	Artefacts Canada - Humanities
	Humanities Data Dictionary
	Artefacts Canada - Natural Sciences
	Natural Sciences Data Dictionary
	Canadian Society of Zoologists' Collections Database

Reference Library

	Archaeology Resources
	Artists in Canada
	Arts and Humanities Resources
	Atlantic Canada Newspaper Survey
	Canadian Society of Zoologists' Collections Database
	Curatorial and Historical Index of Publications
	Heritage Law Bibliography
	Information Technology in Canadian Museums: A Survey (1999)
	Internet Use by Canadian Heritage Professionals: A Survey (1999)
	Museology Bibliography (BMUSE)
	Natural Science Resources
	Religious Objects Collections
	Ship Information Database

Knowlege Exchange

	Online Courses
	Peer-to-Peer
	Access to Experts
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Conservation

	Canadian Conservation Institute
	Conservation Information Network

News

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	Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC) Investment Program
	VMC Agora Research Initiative
	Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC) Community Memories Program
	Funding programs and organizations

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Creating and Managing Digital Content
	Best Practices Study of Museum CD-ROM Production
	Capture Your Collections: A Guide for Managers Planning and Implementing Digitization Projects
	Producing Online Heritage Projects
	Research on 'Quality' in Online Experiences for Museum Users
Collections Management
	Collections Management Software Review - Comparative Analysis
	Criteria Checklist (for the selection of collections management software)
	Product Profiles
Intellectual Property Series
	A Canadian Museum's Guide to Developing a Licensing Strategy
	Developing Intellectual Property Policies: A How-To Guide for Museums
	Licensing Images: Checklist for Museums and Other Cultural Organizations
	Like Light Through a Prism: Analyzing Commercial Markets for Cultural Heritage Content
	The Virtual Display Case: Making Museum Image Assets Safely Visible, 3rd ed.
Standards
	Capitalization of Data in the PARIS System
	Classification in the CHIN Humanities Databases
	Conservation Documentation Research Project
	Data Content Standards: A Directory
	Information Requirements of Users of Natural Science Collections in Quebec
	Religious Objects – User's Guide and Terminology

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