This sounds like a great idea. Does anyone have ideas about how a
small/medium size museum could be defined? By collection size? Budget
or number of staff?
______________________________________
Ann Sinfield
Assistant Registrar
University of Michigan Museum of Art
On May 17, 2004, at 10:18 AM, Rob Lancefield wrote:
Hi all,
This does sound like a great idea for a new SIG--I'd join in a minute!
David, might you be up for pulling together a meeting in Minneapolis
(coordinating logistics with Marla) and in gathering names of
interested MCN members in advance?
If there's enough interest and someone (hint, hint) would like to step
up as prospective SIG chair, I'd be delighted to bring the proposal to
the board. A chair doesn't necessarily have to be an expert in all
areas a SIG addresses; most important is a real interest in the
subjects at hand--and the motivation to spur topical discussions,
foster involvement, and catalyze a SIG-sponsored conference panel or
two each year. If this sounds interesting and anyone has further
questions, please feel free to contact me on- or off-list, as you
wish.
best regards,
Rob
MCN Board SIG Liaison (and staff at a small university museum)
_________________________________________________________________
Rob Lancefield rlancefi...@wesleyan.edu
Registrar of Collections / Manager of Museum Information Services
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University www.wesleyan.edu/dac
301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459 USA tel. 860.685.2965
Board of Directors, Museum Computer Network www.mcn.edu
At 10:16 -0700 5/14/04, Marla wrote:
Sounds like a great idea, please let me know if you decide to have a
meeting (formal or informal) at the conference in Minneapolis so we
can advertise it & maybe find a location.
Marla Misunas
Collections Information Manager
Collections Information and Access
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
(415) 357- 4186 (voice)
(415) 947-1186 (fax)
www.sfmoma.org
___________________________________
Board Member, Museum Computer Network
Conference Co-Chair, Minneapolis 2004
www.mcn.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Farrell, David [mailto:david.farr...@peelregion.ca]
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 7:08 AM
To: mcn-l@mcn.edu
Subject: SIG for small museums?
Hi all,
Firstly, are there many subscribers to this list serve who are both
MCN members and work in what may reasonably be considered a small or
medium sized museum, gallery or archives? If so, do you think that
there should be a small museum Special Interest Group? Or at the very
least an informal discussion at the MCN conference in Minneapolis.
In the context of my own work situation some of my own concerns centre
around keeping up on trends in terms of new technologies pertinent to
museums. I'm sure that others may have other issues which relevant to
smaller institutions with limited resources.
David Farrell, Collections Assistant
Peel Heritage Complex
9 Wellington Street East
Brampton, ON L6W 1Y1
Canada
(905) 791-4055 ext. 3628
(905) 451-4931 fax
www.region.peel.on.ca/heritage/index.htm
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