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CALL FOR PANELS AND PAPERS
MUSEUM COMPUTER NETWORK (MCN)
Building Content, Building Community:
40 Years of Museum Information and Technology
November 7-10, 2007
Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza
Chicago, Illinois
Proposals accepted February 5 - March 2, 2007
Call for Proposals and submissions form are now online; please see:
http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=1240
This year in Chicago, MCN will revive the cross-disciplinary vision
of 40 years ago and explore its promise in the present day,
encouraging participation from institutions across the museum
spectrum. How we are the same? How are we different? How have we
dealt, successfully and unsuccessfully, with the overlapping efforts
in documentation, professionalism, and use of technology across the
museum community? What are we doing right and what do we need to do
better?
Back-story for 2007: In 1967 a group of museum professionals in New
York held their first meeting to discuss the use of computers in
museum settings. This meeting was the genesis of what would become
the Museum Computer Network. Art, archaeology, science, and
historical museums, as well as members of the computer industry
(especially IBM), all participated in those early meetings. As the
museum field has grown and expanded in the past half-century, we have
become more and more specialized, learning primarily from those whose
experiences most closely mirror our own--art with art, science with
science, etc. This conference will reaffirm and revitalize our
broader connections across these types of institutions.
The MCN Annual Conference 2007 seeks innovative sessions (panels,
papers, posters, and workshops) that reflect on 40 years of museum
information and technology practice in all types of museums that
define our current state, and look forward to the next decade and
beyond.
Prospective presenters are invited to submit proposals in any of the
following areas, as well as on other topics:
- Opportunities for New Professionals
- Leadership, Sustainability, Accountability
- Building Content, Building Communities (online museums as social spaces)
- Superior Content, Superior Delivery
- Digital Readiness, Digital Accomplishments, Digital Accountability
(DAMS, Best Practices, Preservation, Access)
- Museum Information Standards
- Digital Convergence: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
- Copyright Issues in the New Millennium
Innovative formats and audience interaction are highly desirable and
will be important factors in the 2007 selection process.
Online proposal submissions will be accepted February 5 - March 2, 2007
Please see http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=1240
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