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: Monday, May 17, 2004 8:28 AM
To: mcn-l@mcn.edu
Subject: RE: SIG for small
museums?
Hi Rob et al,
It could be
that many MCN members who are staff at small museums may not be subscribers to
this list serve so a better gauge of support may be to hold a meeting at the
conference. I will compile a list of names and send out another message closer
to the conference date. If you or anyone else has any suggestions as to how to
gather more names of possible participants other than this list serve, please
let me know. If there appears to be some interest from a few more individuals I
will definitely put myself forward as a prospective chair for the SIG.
As for
Ann’s question as to the definition of a small or medium sized museum,
art gallery or archives, I don’t think that it needs to be rigidly
defined at this point. It is often a relative term and it may be one thing in
the context of MCN members and another in terms of all museums which are currently
operating. It may suffice that if you think you are a small institution, then a
small museum SIG would be applicable.
David Farrell,
Collections Assistant
Peel Heritage Complex
9 Wellington Street East
Brampton, ON L6W 1Y1
(905) 791-4055 ext. 3628
(905) 451-4931 fax
www.region.peel.on.ca/heritage/index.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Lancefield
[mailto:rlancefi...@wesleyan.edu]
Sent: May 17, 2004 10:19 AM
To: mcn-l@mcn.edu
Subject: RE: SIG for small
museums?
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.
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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