***Submit Your Application For The 2021 GLAMi Awards*** The GLAMi Awards (formerly Best of the Web) recognize and celebrate the most innovative digital projects in the cultural heritage sector each year. https://mw21.museweb.net/glami-awards/
Applications are now open for the 2021 awards. Submit your projects for consideration by March 19. We have made a key change to the eligibility rules for this year: any project, regardless of its initial launch date, is eligible for consideration if it was in active use between March 2020 and March 2021. We’ve made this change to recognize the fact that some of the most interesting work undertaken by museums this year involved repackaging or promoting previously moribund content from the institutional archives. Submission Link: https://mw21.museweb.net/glami-submission/ We have also made a number of changes to the Awards categories and format this year. Some of these changes are responses to suggestions made by jurors and participants in years past; others arise from an acknowledgment of the unique challenges of 2020. All of the changes have been made with the idea that the GLAMi program is at its best when it recognizes projects that address the most pressing issues faced by our staff and our audiences and that offer solution that are instructive and transferable to organizations of all sizes and types. If you are planning to enter a project or projects this year, please read the guidelines for submission carefully, and feel free to contact the Awards co-chairs, Heather Hart and Susan Chun, with any questions. This year’s categories are: --Interactive and Immersive. These projects connect with audiences that want to DO something. The category includes in-gallery and online interactives, multimedia installations (including soundscapes and videos), VR/AR, mobile applications, audio tours, and broadcasts (including those on social media platforms). --Resources for General Audiences and Families. The category features digital content for adults and children, including teachers, families, classes, and independent visitors. Examples include exhibition microsites, teacher resources, lesson plans, plan-ahead and post-visit content. --Resources for Scholars and Researchers. The category features digital content intended for study and research, including collections online, digital publications, and a primary source and archival content. Materials prepared for aggregation in networked resources may be considered in this category. --Marketing and Promotion. Materials and projects developed primarily to familiarize audiences, press, and donors with an organization’s programs and activities should be submitted in this category. Examples include social media campaigns, digital advertising campaigns, online press resources, annual reports, and fundraising campaigns. --Tools and Professional Practices. This category returns after a brief hiatus. Projects in this category serve staff and the community at large using hardware, software, and other digital tools to enable more effective, efficient, or far-reaching practices. Examples include business and content systems, infrastructure, databases, and communications systems. --Design. A special category for exemplary design intended for new or redesigned websites, apps, and multimedia resources. Judges will consider a project’s graphic design, UX design, and accessibility. Organizations may submit their projects for consideration in one or more of these six categories. Winners will be announced in a plenary session at 4pm central time on April 16, 2021. In addition to the six main categories, a Special Jury will consider projects—including any submitted in the six main categories—for special awards that recognize innovative and effective solutions to real-time concerns facing museums and their audiences. This year’s awards will focus on social justice issues and on outreach by organizations to audiences affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Special Jury prizes may recognize an entire project or site, or one small aspect of an organization’s digital presence; these prizes are focused on impact and innovation. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR ENTRIES AND HEARING YOUR STORIES! MuseWeb. #MW21 i...@museweb.net Conference Site: https://mw21.museweb.net/ Hiroko Kusano Conference Organizer hir...@museweb.net _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://lists.mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
