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All, For your information, here is first announcement of the next Culture.mondo roundtable being held in Croatia in October that the 24 Hour Museum has been working on. It's a great demonstration of how we in the UK are leading the debate and discussion about cultural portals - there impact, success and future. Please feel free to forward/share with colleagues. Thanks Jane _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT 2nd INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE October 20-22, 2006 - Dubrovnik, Croatia Co-organized by the Culture.mondo and Culturelink networks Cultural portals: A new era of cooperation The 2nd Culture.mondo International Roundtable offers a unique opportunity for cultural portal experts from all continents to enhance their working practices, to recognize emerging trends and to exchange experience. Following the success of its first International Roundtable, Culture.mondo in partnership with Culturelink invite cultural portal experts from around the globe to gather in Dubrovnik, Croatia on October 20-22, 2006. The objectives of this 2nd International Roundtable are to consider how as cultural portals we respond to our users' and stakeholders' needs, to explore new avenues of cooperation and information, and to share how we measure our success in achieving our respective goals. A unique, applied and informal agenda This two and half day Roundtable will focus on the following aspects of cultural portal management: International Cooperation What can international partnerships bring us? How can we identify new models of cooperation amongst ourselves as Web professionals and also with our audiences? How can we usefully share information and best practices using concrete indicators such as users metrics and financial sustainability in measuring our contribution to cultural development and the promotion of cultural diversity? Measures of success How can we meet the challenge of developing a successful portal and online brand in a crowded, competitive and commercial marketplace shaped by dominant technology and players? Cultural portals, as new public spaces, are successful when they are an alternative to mainstream entertainment sites, responding to a more subtle set of audience needs. At the same time, we must operate as good businesses and demonstrate clear measures of success in order to justify the support of public investments. Web 2.0 The emerging generation of Web technologies brings new opportunities for us as online publishers. Its democratic potential leads a social phenomenon in the approach to creating and publishing Web content: open communication, decentralization of authority, and freedom to share, create and re-use on-line content. But how can this be balanced with our own editorial voices? What is the role of the institution if separated from its content? How do we safeguard authenticity? Also, new platforms allow us to deliver information to users as they are on the move. Are our cultural portals ready to meet the new challenges of accessibility and mobility? Hosting in Dubrovnik, Croatia Dubrovnik is a city inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage list. The richness of its culture and artistic happenings will provide an attractive cultural setting for the participants. Hosting the Roundtable in Croatia will also provide an opportunity to survey the trends in cultural portal development in South Eastern Europe and Croatia and to investigate in greater detail the regional situation. Participants of the Organizing Committee include: 24 Hour Museum (United Kingdom) www.24hourmuseum.org.uk Collections Australia Network www.collectionsaustralia.net Conaculta (Mexico) www.ecultura.gob.mx Culture.ca (Canada) www.culture.ca Culturelink Network (Croatia) www.culturelink.org Culturenet Sweden www.kultur.nu CultuurNet Vlaanderen (Belgium) www.cultuurweb.be OCPA - Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa http://ocpa.irmo.hr/index-en.html on-the-move: The Performing Arts Travelling Toolkit (Europe) www.on-the-move.org Program Office of National Digital Archives Program (Taiwan) http://www.ndap.org.tw CONTACTS Marie-France Joli-Cour, Coordinator Culture.mondo Network Secretariat 15 Eddy Street, 8th Floor Gatineau QC, Canada K1A 0M5 Tel: +001 819 953-6989 Fax: +001 819 953-4330 E-mail: marie-france_joli-coeur @ pch.gc.ca Web site: www.culturemondo.org ************************************************** For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk **************************************************