[MCN-L] rinascimento digitale project

[Annamaria Poma-Swank]

Dear all,
I am afraid that my previous quest was not very clear.
I am not conducting a review of museums management software.
I know about Chin review and other tools.
I am collecting information on the base of the 5 Ws (When, why, what,
where, who) on museum usage of managements tools, digital
preservation, software, standards, case studies, open sources,
folksonomies etc.
The FRD* is interested in collecting all these information to present
to the Italian operators involved in  museums management (curators,
systems managers, art historians, archivists, librarians etc.) the
North American museums and cultural institutions' results, experience,
samples, problems, work flow, etc.
This is not the place to give a summary of Italian cultural
institutions, but I am sure you all are aware of the different history
and reality  (henceforth somehow diverse management issues) of such
institutions if compared with the ones in the USA.
However we believe that the information collected could help us to identify
our needs and eventually create tools to satisfy them.
Any information or resources you can give me, are welcome.
I am especially interested in real life experience.
I will eventually create a questionnaire and ask at that moment I will
ask which institutions would like to be involved.
Thank you for your patience.
Dr. Annamaria Poma Swank

Please send email to this address

pomaswank at rinascimento-digitale.it












*Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale aiming at the definition of
standard, methodologies and tools for digital memories creation, usage
and preservation, is in charge of organizing, during the VMDL, an open
discussion between end-user, operators, researchers and institutions
on present and future of digital libraries applications.(and museums :
beni culturali)
http://www.rinascimento-digitale.it

[MCN-L] ICHIM07: Regular Registration Ends Sept. 15, 2007

[J. Trant]

[apologies for any duplication; please forward as appropriate]

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ICHIM07 - International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting
Toronto, October 24-26, 2007
http://www.archimuse.com/ichim07/
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Join us in Toronto for a series of in-depth conversations about new 
developments in digital heritage policy and practice.


Opening Keynote: Ian Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada
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ICHIM07 will open with a keynote from Ian Wilson, Librarian and 
Archivist of Canada. A pioneer in shaping the united memory 
institution Ian will challenge us to consider what it now means To 
hold infinity in the palm of your hand.

See http://www.archimuse.com/ichim07/abstracts/prg_335001615.html


Regular Registration Deadline: September 15, 2007
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will have an ideal forum for in-depth discussion and debate. The 
deadline for Regular Registration  is this Saturday, September 15, 
2007.

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In Memoriam: ICHIM07 dedicated to Xavier Perrot

We dedicate ICHIM07 to the memory of Xavier Perrot, our friend and 
colleague, and a past co-chair of ICHIM,   who died of cancer on July 
20, 207. Your recollections and remembrances are invited at 
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Questions?
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ICHIM07 Program Committee
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   * Maxwell L. Anderson, The Melvin  Bren Simon Director and CEO, 
Indianapolis Museum of Art, USA
   * David Arnold, Dean of Faculty, University of Brighton, UK
   * Liam Bannon, Professor, University of Limerick, Ireland
   * Jean Francois Chougnet, Director, Berardo Museum of Contemporary 
Art, Portugal
   * Costis Dallas, Research Fellow, Digital Curation Unit, Athena 
Research Centre and Lecturer in Cultural Heritage Informatics, 
Panteion University, Greece
   * David Dawson, Senior Policy Adviser (Digital Futures), MLA, UK
   * Sara Diamond, President, Ontario College of Art and Design, Canada
   * Wendy Duff, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Canada
   * Franca Garzotto, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
   * Kati Geber, Business Improvement and Strategic Advice, Services 
Canada, Canada
   * Margaret Hedstrom, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, USA
   * Mark Jones, Director, Victoria  Albert Museum, UK
   * Harald Kraemer, Director of Artcampus, University of Berne, Switzerland
   * Otmar Moritsch, Curator, Technisches Museum Wien, Austria
   * Peter Sigmond, Director of Collections, Rijksmuseum, The Netherlands
   * Jane Sledge, Associate Director for Museum Assets and Operations, 
National Museum of the American Indian, USA
   * Kevin Sumption, Associate Director, Powerhouse Museum, Australia
   * Jutta Treviranus, Director ATRC, University of Toronto, Canada
   * Nicole Vallieres, Director, Knowledge and Collections Management, 
McCord Museum, Canada
   * Christabel Wright, Manager, New Media, Dept of Communications, IT 
and Arts, Australia

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ICHIM is produced by

   Archives  Museum Informatics

   in association with the
   Faculty of Information Studies University of Toronto

   and in conjunction with the
   Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Heritage 
Information Network (CHIN) and Canadian Culture Online (CCO)

   and the MaRS Collaboration Centre.