[MCN-L] NDF 2010 Conference: International Keynote Speakers Confirmed
Apologies for cross posting. National Digital Forum 2010 Conference Linking data, linking people Monday 18 - Tuesday 19 October 2010 Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKERS CONFIRMED We're delighted to confirm Michael Edson and Nick Poole as the international keynote speakers: MICHAEL EDSON Director of Web and New Media Strategy, Smithsonian Institution Michael has worked on numerous award-winning projects and has been involved in practically every aspect of technology and New Media for museums. Read more. NICK POOLE CEO, Collections Trust Nick advises Governments, funders and cultural agencies throughout the world on issues relating to the new Digital Economy, including standards, IPR, social media and emerging business models. He has published and lectured worldwide, and is currently the Chair of the UK branch of the International Council of Museums. Read more. REGISTER TODAY The financial year is coming to a close on 30 June for Government. Check to see if your department has any reserve funds to allow you to register today! Register now: https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=12560; PRE and POST CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES DigitalNZ and National Services Te Paerangi are holding events around the NDF Conference. We encourage you to support these events too! 2nd Annual DigitalNZ Get Together 11:00am - 3:00pm, Sunday 17 October Level 1, National Library of NZ, 77 Thorndon Quay Contact: gathering at digitalnz.org You're invited to Digital BarCamp 9.30am and 3.30pm, Wednesday 20 October Venue: TBC Contact: luciep at tepapa.govt.nz Conference enquiries or further Information Visit the NDF website (http://ndf.natlib.govt.nz/about/2010-conference.htm) for full conference details and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the conference organisers: Paardekooper and Associates Conference organisers of NDF 2010 P: +64 4 562 8259 F: +64 4 562 8269 E: ndf at paardekooper.co.nz W: http://ndf.natlib.govt.nz/about/2010-conference.htm +++ Visit the Te Papa website http://www.tepapa.govt.nz The email message together with the accompanying attachments may be CONFIDENTIAL. If you have received this message in error, please notify mail at tepapa.govt.nz immediately and delete the original message. The views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be views of Te Papa. Te Papa employs strict virus checking measures and accepts no liability for any loss caused either directly or indirectly by a virus arising from the use of this message or any attached file. +++
[MCN-L] Personalised visitor services at your institution?
Hello MCN, We would like to draw your attention to an online survey we are leading into museum's perceptions and use of personalised visitor services. See: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2C8WMTL The concept of harnessing the potential of digital media to deliver more personalised visitor services is not new, but neither is it commonplace in cultural institutions today. Within this conceptual-practical balance, the aim of this research is to develop a better understanding of the use, challenges and future of personalised visitor services in museums around the world. We're hopeful the findings will be of interest and value to the community and we'll be publishing them online later towards the end of the summer. And as an incentive, respondents will be able to enter into a prize draw for 200 ? / US$250 of Amazon vouchers. The survey is only 15 questions long and should only take 10 minutes of your time. The survey is online at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2C8WMTL We hope you chose to participate, and look forward to sharing the results! Enjoy the rest of your day, Aur?lie Henry Loic Tallon. survey at pocket-proof.com
[MCN-L] Database access for curators?
In message AANLkTikv88IgCKH20tsDA1YIfZHyEjcEfuQ98qeeYhWg at mail.gmail.com, Perian Sully perian at emphatic.org writes Likewise, I can't tell you how many times I've gotten into discussions with curators who want to delete the description field (used by registration for identification purposes) in favor of a more contextual, historical curated description. I have had to go into backups to restore the identifying description and re-incorporate it. These days, I'm in favor of a curator's description (or history, or curator's notes) field that the curators can use, in addition to a physical description field for the registration staff. Interesting how experience varies on this issue. I'm not sure whether it's a North America/U.K. difference, or simply one between larger museums who can afford to have IT staff to argue with the curators, and the sort of smaller museums I tend to deal with. Anyway, I agree that there is a distinction to be made between an identifying description, and one designed to bring out an object's cultural and/or historical significance. The latter is presumably destined for consumption by the public, and it would clearly be more helpful to include it, for example, in a summary record on your web site. In our Modes data structure we have gone a step further, and provided a repeatable Commentary element, each with a defined Audience. This allows multiple semi-structured descriptions of an object, each targeted at a specific sector of the public. This helps address the perennial problem of how museums can generate interesting web pages directly from the information held within their collections management system. Richard -- Richard Light
