Hello, everyone:
An open forum for discussion of the Framework of Guidance for
Building Good Digital Collections, issued in draft form by the U.S.
Government's Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) as a
resource for IMLS grant applicants and federal funding agencies, will
be held at the conference of the Museum Computer Network (MCN).
Presented by the CIMI Institute, the forum will take place on
Wednesday 4 September from 4:00-6:30 p.m. at the MCN conference in
Toronto.
The Framework in its current form reflects a great deal of careful
thought and effort by members of the Digital Library Forum convened
by IMLS, and the draft now is well poised for constructive feedback
from the larger community of museum professionals. In response to
IMLS's call for comments, the CIMI Institute, the American
Association of Museums (AAM) Media and Technology Committee, and MCN
are gathering feedback to help enhance the Framework's applicability
to a wide range of important and apposite museum resources and
projects.
The open forum in Toronto will enable all present to contribute to
this process by discussing the Framework in connection with
foundational issues that underlie the strategic planning,
implementation, and management of networked digital collections in
museum settings. A discussion outline summarizes some of these issues
(representatives from CIMI, AAM, and MCN are developing comments for
IMLS about certain more specific aspects of the draft's content,
presentation, and usability; these topics also may arise in the forum
if time allows). The outline is on the web at:
http://www.mediaandtechnology.org/conferences/mcn_forum_outline.htm
The Framework is at http://www.imls.gov/pubs/forumframework.htm
The MCN conference site is http://www.mcn.edu/mcn2002/index.htm
We hope to see you and hear your comments in Toronto.
Angela Spinazze (for CIMI)
Neal Johnson (for the AAM Media and Technology Committee)
Rob Lancefield (for MCN)
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Rob Lancefield [email protected] ~ Wesleyan University
Registrar of Collections / Manager of Museum Information Services
Davison Art Center www.wesleyan.edu/dac
301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459 USA tel. 860.685.2965
Co-chair, Standards & Controlled Vocabulary Special Interest Group
Museum Computer Network www.mcn.edu
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