My second MCN conference presentation was the conference round up session where a group of us got 7 minutes each to recap on a conference we attended during the year. I got TED. No I didn’t get to attend, but I watched it on TV – well, the web at least. I’ve never been to [...]
For those who are really caught up in the on-going saga known as the Google Books Settlement (by far the best reality show now running) and the impact of book digitization on our culture in general, here are the links to Peter Hirtle’s extensive summaries of the D for Digitize conference at NY Law School, [...]
I’ll take my good news where ever I can dredge it up. This will do for today: By AOIFE WHITE (AP) BRUSSELS — The European Commission said Monday it may revise copyright law to make it easier for companies like Google Inc. to scan printed books and distribute digital copies over the Internet… Under Europe’s [...]
The Museum Computer Network Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce its eight scholarship winners for 2009. Each scholarship provides free registration to the MCN annual conference in Portland, Oregon, free hotel stay, and a small stipend to help cover additional expenses. MCN received nearly 90 stellar applications in 2009 – nearly twice as many as [...]
In case anyone reading this blog was thinking of not coming to Portland, Oregon, for MCN 2009, here’s the reason that’s a bad idea: a lovely blog post about food and wine in Oregon on “The Italian Dish.” Note the particularly inspiring photo that accompanies the article:
I will be in esteemed company in Philly on Thursday April 30 at 2:15 PM, part of a panel entitled Museum Technologies and Trends On the Horizon – A Critical Review. Its a panel reviewing the upcoming Horizon Report for Museums based on New Media Consortium’s Horizon Report for Higher Education now in its sixth [...]
There’s still time to submit your project for the 2009 MUSE Awards! Announcing the 2009 AAM Muse Awards Recognizing outstanding achievement in museum media, the AAM Media and Technology Committee announces the 20th annual Muse Awards competition. The 2008 Muse Awards competition received nearly 200 applications from a wide variety of museums in North America, [...]
As many of you know because you were there making it happen, the Museum Computer Network (MCN) held its 36th annual conference in Washington, DC, from November 12 through 15. MCN provides continuing opportunities to explore and disseminate new technologies and best practices in museum information work. This year’s conference theme was “Let’s Do I.T. [...]
Back to work today after a four day weekend, wondering if all our US museum folks were able to enjoy a long weekend too? Here are the last two submissions from the 2008 MCN scholarship recipients. Amber Morgan and Kyle Bryner have some great thoughts on what it is like to experience the conference from a first-timer’s perspective: I’ve been trying to [...]
One of the last and best sessions at the MCN conference was on the Horizon report. I had planned to skip out on Saturday and tour a couple of museums. However, my better judgement got a hold of me and I knew that i should hear about the technologies culture institutions are adopting. It was a really [...]
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