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Generator Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium) Sorry everyone, the correct date for this seminar is Wednesday 7th November. Kostas. 'Unlocking the treasure house with digital keys'- Manchester Museum, 3-5pm on Wednesday 7th November Dr Keene is Reader in Museum and Heritage Studies, and a prolific author/editor. Her works include Fragments of the World: Uses of Museum Collections (2005); Managing Conservation in Museums (2002) and Digital Collections: Museums in the Information Age (1998). She is also very closely involved in museum policy and practice, as exemplified by her involvement in the major collaborative project, 'Collections for the People: The Stored Collections of UK Museums as a Public Resource'. Two current developments come together in Dr Keene's paper next week: the extent to which stored collections in museums are a useful resource, and developments in digital technology that represent semantics, meaning, in web resources, and others that enable users to participate and contribute to those resources. Current research into the uses of collections will be discussed in the light of these developments. Her seminar is part of our ongoing series, SHOWCASE: The Manchester Museum Research Seminar, http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/whatson/seminars/ Please contact [log in to unmask] for more details. Best wishes, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Dr. Konstantinos Arvanitis Lecturer in Museology Centre for Museology School of Arts Histories and Cultures Mansfield Cooper Building The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL Tel.: +44 161 2753018 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/museology/ - - - - - Digital Heritage Blog http://digitalheritage.wordpress.com Del.icio.us Museology http://del.icio.us/centre4museology ************************************************** For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk **************************************************