The directory was developed and organised in a distributed manner by country, with around twenty people in different countries maintaining various sections. Canada, through theCanadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN),[11] was the first country to become involved. TheMDA maintained the United Kingdom section of museums,[12] later theCollections Trust.[13] TheHistorisches Centrum Hagen has maintained and hosted pages forGermany.[14]Other countries actively participating includedRomania.[15] In total, around 20 countries were involved.[7]
The directory was influential in the museum field during the 1990s and 2000s.[16][17] It was used as a standard starting point to find museums online.[18] It was useful for monitoring the growth of museums internationally online.[19] It was also used for online museum surveys.[20][21] It was recommended as an educational resource[22][23] and included a search facility.[24]
VMoC was reviewed byDiscovery Channel,Lycos, Anbar Electronic Intelligence, Bookmark Central, Planet Science, RedOrbit, and Science NetLinks during the 1990s.[33] It has also been referenced in books[34][35] and papers.[36][37][38] VMoC has provided computing history event reports.[39]
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^Bowen, Jonathan P. (1997). "The Virtual Library museums pages (VLmp): Whence and Whither?". In Bearman, David; Trant, Jennifer (eds.).Museums and the Web, 1997: Selected Papers. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:Archives & Museum Informatics. pp. 9–25.
^Veltman, Kim H. (2001). "Developments in Virtual Museums". In Valentino, P.; Mossetto, G. (eds.).Museo contro museo. Le strategie, gli strumenti, i risultati [La crescita nel settore dei musei virtuali](PDF) (in Italian). Giunti, Firenze.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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^Lee, J.A.N. (2004). "History of Computing in Education". In Impagliazzo, J.; Lee, J.A.N. (eds.).IFIP International Conference on the History of Computing.IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Vol. 145. New York, NY:Springer. pp. 1–16.doi:10.1007/1-4020-8136-7_1.ISBN978-1-4020-8135-4.
