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Find out more about the UKMW11 conference on 25 November 2011
and how to register at http://bit.ly/ukmw11
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Hi MCGers
UKMW11 is happening one week today at IWM London. Bookings are still coming in thick and fast and speakers are deedily planning their papers. If you haven't already, don't forget to book for UKMW11: http://ukmw11.eventbrite.com <http://t.co/xQgKv46w> .
**Full programme on the MCG website**
We've added more detail about what each of our speakers will be talking about on our website: http://bit.ly/uhT2yY. Here's a quick summary:
* Peter Pavement, Surface Impression and Marc Steene, Pallant House Gallery: Intensive collaboration between museum, developer and participants
* Claire Ross, UCL and Tom Grinsted, IWM: Cultural Collaborative Exchange: Collections, Social Interpretation, Partnerships and Project Management
* Jane Finnis, Culture24: Let's Get Real: How to Evaluate Online Success' - presentation of key findings and recommendations from recent research.
* Alex Bromley, Rhiannon Looseley and Matthew Rose, Museum of London: Integrating collections data to build sustainable online resources
* Luke Smith and Giv Parveneh, IWM: Lives of the Great War: Building First World War life stories across archives through crowdsourcing
* Seth van Hooland and Max De Wilde, Université Libre de Bruxelles Information and Communication Science Department, Ruben Verborgh and Rik Van de Walle, Ghent University, IBBT, ELIS - Multimedia Lab, Johannes Hercher, Hasso-Plattner-Institute, University of Potsdam:
Bringing your collection into the Linked Data cloud: how to use Google Refine to get more out of your metadata
* Joe Padfield, National Gallery: Presenting and Referencing High Resolution Images on the Web
* Jon Pratty, Arts Council England: New ACE funding offers and progress of the NESTA R&D work
* our session chairs, Ross Parry, Carolyn Royston, Mia Ridge.
**Pre-conference drinks and networking on 24 November**
Those of you in London the night before are invited to join us for a pre-conference drinks and networking event at the Marlborough Arms, 36 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HJ. Whether you're attending the conference or not, it would be great to see lots of MCGers there. We've reserved the space around the fireplace from 5.30pm onwards on Thursday 24 November. Mia will also be encouraging attendees at the Open Data in Cultural Heritage at the Wellcome Trust that dayu to come along as well.
**AGM details and invitation for nominations to the MCG committee**
The Annual General Meeting which will be held during UKMW11. Nominations are invited for the following committee vacancies:
Chair 1 vacancy
Members 7 vacancies
The MCG committee consists of four groups of three people. The three operational groups, Communications, Events, and Professional Development are supported by the Executive and Administration group. Though MCG committee welcome nominations from all members whatever their background the committee is currently keen to attract members who have or would like to gain experience in the operational areas. Anyone wanting more information should email the Chair, Ross Parry, at [log in to unmask] Nominations must be received by the secretary by Midday on Monday 21st November. Send your nominations to: [log in to unmask]
So once again, if you haven't already, book your UKMW11 place while you can: http://ukmw11.eventbrite.com <http://t.co/xQgKv46w> .
See you there
Rhiannon (on behalf of the MCG committee)
Rhiannon Looseley Online Learning Manager Museum of London London Wall 150 London Wall London EC2Y 5HN Tel: 020 7814 5774 Email: [log in to unmask] www.museumoflondon.org.uk
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