To present the essence of sustainable development education of Taiwan in museum exhibits, National Science and Technology Museum (NSTM) has been working to the best of our ability and creativity over the years. As part of government plans of promoting sustainability concept, two dedicated exhibition were curated by NSTM with different approaches. In the Achievement Exhibition of 2004, campus settings such as classrooms, campus stores, and educational gardens were designed in the exhibition hall to introduce concepts and ideas of recycling, soil permeability and water retaining capability. Unlike the precedent 2004 exhibition comprising fragments of knowledge, the "Planting Trees vs. Educating the Young: Taiwan Sustainable Campus Achievements" exhibition of 2009, systematically categorized exhibits into different sections of "Low Carbon Lifestyle and Renewable Energy Commercialization", "Healthful and Efficient Learning Environment", "Sustainable Ecosystems", and "Sustainable Campus Education", providing a more complete and systematic presentation of in a museum setting and corresponding more to the expectation of the academic circle and professionals. A survey of the visitors was also conducted through questionnaire during the 2009 exhibition to study audiences' familiarity with the topics as well as efficacy of the exhibition. Results showed that visitors did benefit from the exhibition in understanding more of the concepts of "Sustainable Campus", while the concept of sustainable energy, to certain extent, also inspired the introduction of NTSM.
This study focuses on how the role of libraries as information disseminator has changed. Physical walls of library for book-storage have turned into virtual collection. E-Learning is developed to apply information technology applications to education and is considered as tools of empowering knowledge. Library professionals need to understand e-Learning to provide effective distance library services, because learners are located anywhere, of any age and any gender. In library, knowledge production and consumption can be connected with circulation of knowledge by e-learning to form a knowledge service chain. This paper intends to introduce knowledge management and e-learning to redefine knowledge service of libraries. At the end, there are two examples to show the content of library paperless learning service models.
This study focuses on how to develop an effective online learning platform as a developing basis of digital learning materials for museum guiding course. A new learning mode of mobile guiding system will be proposed with example of the printing collections of National Science and Technology Museum. The museum digital resources will be converted into digital learning materials which can be used by the museum's volunteer tour guides through multimedia and mobile carrier. Such platform will be helpful for museum volunteer tour guide training and their self-growing. It will further provide museum visitors more autonomous learning environment.