No, not my dress sense! GLAM is galleries, libraries, archives and museums. Some great places to look provided here by CCL learn. Shows the benefit of concentration bringing things together in one package for the user.
The NZ Museums site was a great way to find a particular museum either by topic or place and I loved the NZ Live site for finding all kinds of events.
However, as with all these things, relying for their strength in numbers using it, there were omissions from the NZ Live site so obviously not everyone involved in this area is on board with it. Also, as a fairly regular concert goer, I have never been aware of this site, mainly getting info from theatres etc. As with all these things you need to be aware that it is there.
Similarly, with the museum site, I could see it had all kinds of potential for images and collection info to be added, but with many museums being run by volunteers, unless someone makes the effort to add the info, it looses its strength.
I think the main thing I have learned from this section of the course is that there is a lot of Web 2 use out there but it is not always easy to find or stumble upon, it's there if you look for it and that takes effort and determination.
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