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2002 MCN Annual Conference

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CANADIAN HERITAGE INFORMATION NETWORK (CHIN)

In It for the Long Haul --- Programs That Go the Distance

SEPTEMBER 4 - 7 2002 Toronto Ontario Canada

Plenary Sessions Featuring

Clifford A. Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)

Stanley N. Katz, Director, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Princeton University

Lyn Elliot Sherwood, Director General, Canadian Heritage Information Network

Special Sessions Free of Charge

The IMLS Framework for Building Good Digital Collections:

Feedback from the Museum Community

Presented by CIMI with participation of MCN and AAM Media & Technology

Creating IP Policy in Museums Today MCN/NINCH Copyright Town Meeting/Workshop

Presented by MCN and NINCH

Sixteen Workshops Covering Diverse Areas of Interest

Sessions, Personal Networking, Vendor Exhibition

FREE REGISTRATION FOR SMALL MUSEUMS

Who Should Attend

 

Information Technology and Network Managers and Staff

Multimedia and Web Designers and Managers

Registrars

Membership and Development/Fund Raising Professionals

Anyone involved with Digital Photography and Image Management

Consultants and Vendors interested in the Museum Community

Anyone involved or interested in collection management

Curators and Exhibition Managers

Librarians

Educators


See more information below

Visit www.mcn.edu/mcn2002/

As museums enter the twenty-first century we find a panorama of opportunities. What used to be esoteric notions such as sophisticated collections management systems, exhibition interactives, digital imaging, web sites, distance learning, webcasts, wireless delivery, and other technological innovations have taken root in museums of all sizes and specialties. But one more thing has happened: today's challenge is investing in long-term, sustainable digital initiatives which seamlessly and cost-effectively meld into the museum's mission, programs, and operations. Every museum has stories to share and lessons to learn. And for four days in September, museum technology sagas and sages will all converge in one place, the 2002 MCN Annual Conference/Toronto, September 4-7 in partnership with the Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN]. MCN is honored to be partnering with CHIN, and we are all looking forward to visiting beautiful, cosmopolitan Toronto for this internationally important gathering.

The Conference, with the theme, In it for the long haul-technology programs that go the distance, promises the broadest array of workshops and sessions MCN has ever provided. Two days of workshops cover areas ranging from new building infrastructure to the strategic use of membership/development systems to the latest word, or image, in collection management systems. We will demystify digital imaging standards and practices and even help you choose the right equipment. Museum web site development, evaluation, and sustainability are addressed as are project planning and getting your ideas funded. Conference sessions also cover cutting edge developments in multimedia, evaluation of web sites, integrated data management, the ecstasy of successful collaborations and the agony of a failure. Opportunities abound to network and compare notes with colleagues from around the world, and thought provoking Biographies of Plenary Speakers and vendor presentations round out the conference experience. This conference reaches out to novices and experts and to those who want a cross-disciplinary glimpse at important areas of museum operations that they are not generally involved in. An MCN-eye-view of the future, but with our feet firmly planted in the present.

Critical issues to sustaining programs and investments, which will be covered, include:

Digital Identity

Funding models

Program planning, budgeting and management

Integrated information management

Content development

Audience delivery

Collaboration and partnership

Standards for information access and exchange

Digital Imaging creation, management and preservation

Infrastructure and network design

Intellectual property policy

...and More!

See you in Toronto!


Leonard Steinbach
President, MCN, Program Co-chair

Greg Spurgeon
Program Co-chair

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