 |
 |
[apologies if you get this more than once: please share it as appropriate] MW2011 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Deadline September 30, 2010 Museums and the Web 2011 the international conference for culture and heritage online April 6-9, 2011 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.archimuse.com/mw2011/ Museums and the Web explores the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage online. Taking an international perspective, MW reviews and analyzes the impacts of networked cultural, natural and scientific heritage. Our community has been meeting since 1997, imagining, tracking, analyzing, and influencing the role museums play on the Web - wherever the network may take us. * CALL FOR PARTICIPATION * The MW program is built from the ground up. Proposals are invited from professionals and researchers in all areas actively exploring the creation, online presentation and use of cultural, scientific and heritage content, and its re-use and evaluation. There are no pre- defined themes -- just a strong interest in the best work out there! The bibliography of past MW papers (all online since 1997) can be searched at http://conference.archimuse.com/biblio/ All full texts are freely available online. * PROPOSAL FORM * Online proposal submission is required. Use the form linked from http://conference.archimuse.com/mw2011/call.html Please co-ordinate your proposals with your collaborators. Multiple proposals about the same project will not be successful. Proposals are peer-reviewed individually by an International Program Committee. Note that proposals for full sessions are rarely accepted. Proposals for sessions should be submitted as individual papers with a covering note. The committee may choose to accept some papers and not others. *SESSION FORMATS * MW sessions vary in format - from formal Papers to informal Birds of a Feather lunches, and from structured Professional Forums to timely Unconference Sessions. Find the best format for your idea, by reviewing the session formats at http://www.archimuse.com/conferences/mw.sessionFormats.html * DEADLINES * Proposals due September 30, 2010 - for papers, mini-workshops + professional forums (written paper required by Jan. 31, 2011) Proposals due December 31, 2010 - for demonstrations (written paper optional) * PROGRAM SUGGESTIONS * The Museums and the Web program is built from the ground up, from your proposals. Add your ideas to the on-line discussion at http://conference.archimuse.com/forum/suggestions_for_the_mw2011_program * NEED FURTHER DETAILS? * Review the MW2011 Call for Participation on-line at http://www.archimuse.com/mw2011/call.html Contact the MW2010 Conference Co-Chairs David Bearman + Jennifer Trant, Archives & Museum Informatics [log in to unmask] We hope to see you in Denver. jennifer and David ---------- Jennifer Trant and David Bearman Co-Chairs: Museums and the Web 2011 produced by April 6-9, 2011, Philadelphia, PA, Archives & Museum Informatics http://www.archimuse.com/mw2011/ 158 Lee Avenue email: [log in to unmask] Toronto, Ontario, Canada phone +1 416 691 2516 | fax +1 416 352-6025 **************************************************************** For mcg information visit the mcg website at http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ To manage your subscription to this email list visit http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ ****************************************************************