Now that they can see a working prototype, once I've tweaked it a little more and added some extra functionality to demonstrate the possibilities, I will be consulting people for advice about what they think the final version should look like and what it should be able to do. The prototype is at present mounted on the development computer and is not always on line. Access is restricted to those involved in the project. A working but limited version of the Virtual Museum available for public access will be installed on an Arts Faculty web server by the end of November. A quotation has now been received from a second publisher.
Some further clarification is required.
One question to be decided is whether we think it worth hanging out for the colour pages to be interleaved with the text rather than being included as a block. Meanwhile, we wait for the response from Melbourne University Press. This old photograph was found in the files. Please let me know if you recognize the man with the moustache - and if you have any idea when, and how, we came by the copy that we have. Dorpfeld would have been about 70 years old.