Technical Notes and Credits

Technical Notes

This Web site works best with a World Wide Web Consortium CSS-2 compliant browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 6+ and Netscape Navigator 7+. However, earlier browser versions will work to varying degrees.

In addition, the following free browser plug-ins/extensions are necessary to take full advantage of the multimedia educational opportunities of this Web site:

• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Apple Quicktime Player
• Macromedia Flash Player 6
• Sun Java Runtime Environment (installed with your browser)

All efforts were made to make this Web site cross-browser and cross-platform compatible, and to ensure easy accessibility by most technologies and via most bandwidth speeds.

Credits

Jeremy Price	Project management of the Web component of the exhibit; Online educational activity conceptualization, development, and implementation; HTML, PHP, Javascript, AgentSheets, and Flash programming.
Tom DiCesare	Page layout conceptualization and design; Illustration and graphic support; Online educational activity graphic design and layout.
Exhibit Advisors	Principal Scientific Advisors: Dr. Blaire Van Valkenburgh Professor Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology, and Evolution University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Robert K. Wayne Professor Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology, and Evolution University of California, Los Angeles Accessibility Specialist Dr. Mary Jeanette Martz Advisory Board Dr. Jane L. Brackman Claremont Graduate University Pettus Archives Research Team Dr. Raymond Coppinger Professor of Biology School of Cognitive Science Hampshire College Dr. Tamar Dayan Director, National Collections of Natural History Tel Aviv University Dr. Todd K. Fuller Professor of Wildlife Ecology Department of Natural Resources Conservation University of Massachusetts, Amherst Dr. Susanna B. Hecht Chair, Latin American Studies Professor, School of Public Policy and Social Research University of California, Los Angeles Dr. David W. Macdonald Wildlife Conservation Research Unit Oxford University Dr. Elaine A. Ostrander Divisions of Human Biology and Clinical Research Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

All written content and most photographs and illustrations were provided by the staff of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Accessibility

All pages on the Dogs: Wolf, Myth, Hero, Friend Web site meet the Section 508 guidelines adopted by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) of the U.S. Federal Government, with the following exceptions:

• The Yellowstone Eco-Simulator (http://www.nhm.org/exhibitions/dogs/yellowstone/sim.html)
• The Dog Gone Perfect Laboratory activity (http://www.nhm.org/exhibitions/dogs/dgplab.html)
• The Emotion Match-Up activity (http://www.nhm.org/exhibitions/dogs/communication/emotionmatch.html)
• The Pet Shop activity (http://www.nhm.org/exhibitions/dogs/job/petshop.html)

The above pages do not meet the Section 508 guidelines due to the highly visual nature of these Java-based and Flash-based multimedia activities.

In addition to compliance with the Section 508 guidelines, a visually-hidden link is present to allow visitors with browser-readers to skip all navigation portions of the page and go directly to the page content. All efforts were made to allow visitors of all talents and abilities to enjoy and learn from this Web site. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any suggestions for making the pages for this exhibit Web site, and the pages for the Web site of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, more accessible.