Get Ready -- it's time to submit your proposals for MCN 2002 in Toronto. This year's meeting looks to be one of the best ever. Check the mcn website at www.mcn.edu for more details.
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
In it for the long haul --- technology programs that go the distance
2002 MCN CONFERENCE
in partnership with the
Canadian Heritage Information Network
September 4-7, 2002
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Proposals Due April 5, 2002
As museums enter the twenty-first century, we find ourselves part of a technological landscape which, once foreboding, has since become a panorama of opportunities. Over the last decade, such esoteric notions as sophisticated collections management systems, exhibition interactives, digital imaging, web sites, distance learning, webcasts, wireless delivery, and other technological innovations have taken root in museums of all sizes and specialties. But one more thing has changed ... where once the challenge was mastering new, complex, and confusing technology, today's challenge is investing in long-term, sustainable digital initiatives which seamlessly and cost-effectively meld into the museum's mission, programs, and operations. When it comes to technology-based programs, every museum has stories to share and lessons to learn. And for three days in September, museum technology sagas and sages will all converge in one place, the 2002 MCN Annual Conference/Toronto in partnership with the Canadian Heritage Information Network.
The Conference, with its theme, In it for the long haul --- technology programs that go the distance, promises what an MCN Conference has always done best... and more. Workshops in diverse technologies and systems for the uninitiated as well as for the expert. Candid case studies of projects that worked, and ones that could have gone better. Opportunities to network and compare notes with colleagues from around the world. An MCN-eye-view of the future, but with our feet firmly planted in the present.
And this year, the Conference will also explore emerging issues surrounding how museums can change pilot projects, one-off programs, and just-planned initiatives into ongoing, sustainable investments. Is the answer related to the museum's mission? cost-effectiveness? initial planning? internal support? collaboration with other partners? sponsorship opportunities? There is no one answer or simple solution - but let the dialogue begin.
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Call for Participation
Museum professionals, vendors, consultants, scholars, educators, and others who have a stake in the international museum community are invited to participate in the Conference program. You are invited to propose papers, panels, presentations, workshops, and demonstrations regarding the technologies, science, and management practices essential to the long-term success of the broad spectrum of museum programs and operations. Help us put the spotlight on strategies for the sustainability of museum initiatives, such as:
Digital identity: incorporating the web or other digital presence as part of overall identity, outreach, programs, and priorities.
Funding models: taking technology initiatives from experimental, project-funded models to stable operating programs integral to the museum's mission; creating compelling cases for funding and identifying sources; working as a team with development and technology departments.
Program planning, budgeting and management: tools and techniques most likely to result in sustainable program models.
Integrated information management: investing in sophisticated software and hardware, digital imaging, integrated collections management, membership/development and other systems, workflow management, productivity tools, network architecture, and needed support staffing.
Content development: developing a critical mass of high-quality digital content for exhibition, education, publication, research, and outreach programs.
Audience delivery: augmenting traditional public programs with interactive devices including kiosks, audio tours, handheld devices, web site, and learning stations, in order to make content more accessible to broader audiences -- and how to collect audience information for program evaluation.
Collaboration and partnership: collaborating in content development and delivery with other museums, libraries, educational institutions, broadcasters, community groups, technology companies, and consortia to help realize programs which would otherwise be impossible.
Standards for information access and exchange: how a shared vision of distributed content and adherence to evolving technical standards and copyright regulation can add value to each museum's intellectual capital and public resources.
Digital preservation: protecting growing investments in digital assets and technology-enabled experiences/objects as legacies for the future.
Join your colleagues in building a firm foundation for the technological future of museums. Share your tools and techniques, emerging theories, lessons learned, strategies developed, collaborative experiences, and ventures launched. We are depending on you to help us make Toronto 2002 the most exciting, innovative, and useful MCN Conference ever.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS - SUBMISSIONS DUE APRIL 5, 2002
Please note that we welcome informal inquiries and consultation about prospective proposals.
In an effort to provide professional development opportunities to the museum community, we welcome and encourage first-time prospective participants; we will be glad to provide informal guidance in the submission preparation and final presentation.
Presentations, demonstrations, papers, and panel proposals:
· Full identification of the speaker(s) or presenter(s), including name, job title, institution, address, phone, fax, and email address
· Title of the proposed presentation or session
· Abstract describing the relevance of the topic and content to be covered; panel proposal should indicate the subjects to be addressed by individual speakers
· If submitting a panel proposal, please indicate whether panelists participation is confirmed or proposed
· AV requirements for presentation
Workshops:
· Full identification of the instructor(s), including name, job title, institution, address, phone, fax, and email address
· Workshop Title
· Outline of content to be presented and learning objectives
· AV requirements for presentation
· Note: instructors are entitled to free conference registration and $500 honorarium (full day workshop) or ½ conference registration and $250 honorarium (half-day workshop)
Please submit proposals online at http://www.mcn.edu/mcn2002/
Alternatively, proposals and inquiries may be directed to:
Greg Spurgeon Leonard Steinbach
MCN 2002 Conference Co-Chair MCN 2002 Conference Co-Chair
Documentation Manager President, MCN
National Gallery of Canada Chief Information Officer
380 Sussex Drive The Cleveland Museum of Art
P.O. Box 427, Station A 11150 East Boulevard
Ottawa, Ontario Cleveland, Ohio 44106-1797
Canada K1N 9N4 216-707-2642
613-990-8689 (fax) [email protected]
[email protected]
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Chuck Patch
director of systems
The Historic New Orleans Collection
(504)523-4662
(504)598-7108 (fax)
www.hnoc.org
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