*apologies for cross-posting* In case you have not seen the 'Call for Papers' for the next Museums and the Web in Vancouver April 2005 All the best Sarah Sarah Tinsley Senior Digital Content Manager, Digital Programmes, Tate Tel: 020 7887 8844 Mob: 07773 420289 Email: [log in to unmask] www.tate.org.uk -----Original Message----- From: Museums and the Web 2005 [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 17 September 2004 00:32 To: Sarah Tinsley Subject: MW2005 Proposal Deadline: September 30, 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS. Deadline: September 30, 2004. Museums and the Web 2005 April 13-16, 2005 Vancouver, BC, Canada http://www.archimuse.com/mw2005/ You are invited to participate in Museums and the Web 2005, the international conference for culture and heritage on-line. Propose to deliver a peer-reviewed paper, host an on-line activity, demonstrate a museum Web project, present a pre-conference workshop, lead a professional discussion forum, offer a mini-workshop, or craft a session with a distinctive presentation format suited to your subject. Topics of special interest include: Social Issues and Impact * Community Development * Uses of Museum Web Content * Museum Web Applications * Changes in Cultural Institutions * Artistic Uses of the Web Organizational Strategies * Multi-Institutional Ventures * E-commerce for Museums * Content Management * Metadata Management * Building and Managing Web Teams * Portals and Gateways Technical Questions * Multi-media and Webcasting * Development Tools and Processes * Standards and Protocols * The Semantic Web * Interfaces and Beyond Evaluation and User Studies * User Analysis and Audience Profiling * Usability Studies and Qualitative Assessment * Formative and Summative Evaluation * Methodological Investigations * Implementation Impact Studies Submit your proposal on-line at: http://www.archimuse.com/mw2005/call.html All proposals must cite relevant URLs, explain the thesis of the proposed paper in at least a paragraph, and include full contact details (with e- mail address). For full details about proposals and presentation formats, see http://www.archimuse.com/mw2005/speakers/ DEADLINE: September 30, 2004. PROPOSAL REVIEW The program for MW2005 is selected by a committee of international experts in cultural informatics. All proposals are peer-reviewed. Written papers are required. The best papers appear in print in Museums and the Web 2005: selected papers from an international conference. All papers appear in on- line as part of the MW2005 site and on CD-ROM Proceedings. Past papers from all Museums and the Web conferences, since 1997, are available on-line. See http://www.archimuse.com/conferences/mw.html for links to individual years and to a combined list of speakers. MW2005 Conference Co-Chairs David Bearman & Jennifer Trant Archives & Museum Informatics MW2005 Program Committee Lorna Abungu, AFRICOM, Kenya Peter Bruce, Library and Archives of Canada, Canada Rich Cherry, Guggenhiem Museum, USA Jim Devine, Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Scotland Gail Durbin, Victoria & Albert Museum, United Kingdom Franca Garzotto, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Kati Geber, Canadian Heritage Information Network, Canada Stefan Göbel, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics, Germany Susan Hazan, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel Eero Hyvönen, University of Helsinki, Finland Paul Marty, Florida State University, USA Eiji Mizushima, Tokiwa University, Japan Kris Morrissey, Michigan State University, USA Liddy Nevile, La Trobe University, Australia Angeliki Panagiotaki, Hellenic Cultural Heritage S.A., Greece Darren Peacock, University of South Australia, Australia Xavier Perrot, Le Sorbonne / Ecole du Louvre, France Ed Rodley, Museum of Science, USA Stephanie A. Stebich, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, USA Kevin Sumption, Powerhouse Museum, Australia Sarah Tinsely, Tate, United Kingdom Ron Wakkary, Simon Frazer University, Canada Bruce Williams, Canadian Museum of Nature, Canada Karen Worcman, Museum of the Person, Brazil Bruce Wyman, Denver Art Museum, NEED TO KNOW MORE? For program details and registration information see http://www.archimuse.com/mw2005/ or email [log in to unmask] We hope to see you in Vancouver! jennifer and David -- David Bearman and Jennifer Trant Co-Chairs: Museums and the Web 2005 April 13-16, 2005, Vancouver BC http://www.archimuse.com/mw2005/ email: [log in to unmask] Archives & Museum Informatics 158 Lee Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M4E 2P3 Canada phone +1 416 691 2516 / fax +1 416 352-6025 http://www.archimuse.com/