2006 Museum Computer Network Conference
ACCESS TO ASSETS: Return on Investment
WHEN: November 8-11, 2006
WHERE: Westin Pasadena, California
Early Bird Registration Deadline: September 16
Register Online Today: http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/
MCN Scholarship Deadline - Friday September 8, 2006
Five stipends are available to attend MCN’s 2006 annual conference.
Each stipend includes the full conference registration fee and an
additional $500.00 toward hotel and travel.
http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=1388
Join us for our Keynote Presentation by Ken Hamma, Digital Policy
Initiatives, J. Paul Getty Trust
"Investing for the Public" – Keynote Abstract
It could be argued that the largest and most critical investment every
museum makes is in its own integrity with respect to the
responsibilities of acting as a nonprofit charity.
We often understand those responsibilities in their limited scope of
implications for financial management. But by far the more engaging
aspects are the general instructions to act in the interest of the
general public as we undertake our collection stewardship
responsibilities. That we can and frequently do talk about the
importance of public trust in cultural heritage collecting and
preservation institutions is evidence enough that the value and
fundamental importance of this investment is not lost on the general
public.
Remarkably – and dauntingly – the appropriate use of the information
and communication technologies we have at hand represents one of the
single greatest increments in opportunity for ensuring return on
investments in the public good. This may not be as susceptible to
discrete analysis as the institutional returns on investing in fully
digital image capture / storage / just-in-time production / automated
distribution, but let’s have a go at it.
Join us in Pasadena this November, for an outstanding conference you
won’t want to miss. Featuring panels of experts reporting on issues you
work with everyday, and issues you will be working with before long; the
conference also offers many opportunities for networking with colleagues
and visiting Pasadena’s cultural institutions.
Log onto our website now, at http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/ and submit
your registration!
Richard Urban
Publicity Chair
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