CALL FOR PROPOSALS
 
MCN 37th Annual Conference, November 11-14, 2009, Portland, Oregon
Online proposal submissions will be accepted March 6-27, 2009
http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2266

The Museum Computer Network (MCN) will host its 2009 Conference with the theme 
"Museum Information, Museum Efficiency: Doing More with Less!" in lovely Portland, 
Oregon. The annual MCN meeting is one of the most important conferences serving 
international cultural heritage professionals, collections and new technologies.

The MCN 2009 program committee seeks innovative sessions (panels, papers, case 
studies, and workshops) that illustrate how institutions are effectively functioning 
and planning to function during the tough times ahead. We are looking for active, 
engaged individuals and groups of individuals thinking about and using best practices 
in the following areas:
 
  -  Serving institutional mission with cost-effective strategies in tough economic 
     times
  -  Making, managing, and delivering digital media in new and effective ways
  -  Building the future now: innovations coming soon to a museum near you!

Conference Topics
Prospective authors are invited to make submissions in areas including, but not 
limited to:

  -  Technology and Information Management Serving the Institutional Bottom Line
  -  Digital Readiness, Digital Accomplishments, Digital Accountability (Image 
     Capture, Digital Asset Management, Best Practices, Preservation, Access)
  -  Implementing Systems in Adverse Conditions
  -  Digital Convergence: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
  -  Doing More with Less
  -  Leadership, Sustainability, Accountability
  -  Social Media
  -  Superior Content, Superior Delivery

Innovative formats and interaction with audience are highly desirable and will 
be important factors, as will practicability, in the 2009 selection process.

Online proposal submissions will be accepted March 6-27, 2009
http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2266

If you have questions or need more information please contact Holly Witchey, 
MCN Program Chair, 216-707-2653, [log in to unmask] or Christina DePaolo, 
MCN Conference Chair, 206 654-3165, [log in to unmask]