Message-Id: <199809011539.IAA35610@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 11:36:53 -0400 From: "J. Trant" <mailto:jtrant@ARCHIMUSE.COM> Subject: Museums and the Web: Call for Papers To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
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***** Museums and the Web 1999 ***** ***** New Orleans, Louisiana, USA ***** ***** March 11-14, 1999 ***** ***** http:/www.archimuse.com/mw99 *****
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION (note deadline extension)
Proposals are invited for the Third Annual Museums and the Web Conference. The 1998 conference in Toronto attracted over 450 attendees to hear 100 presenters from 20 countries. (Conference papers are still online at http://www.archimuse.com/mw98/.)
The deadline for proposals, papers, on-line activities, and workshops has been extended from August 31, to September 30, 1998. (Note that Proposals received earlier will be given preference.) All proposals are subject to peer review by the Museums and the Web Program Committee; papers will be selected on the basis of the quality of the abstract. Selected speakers will be notified by October 15. Full papers are required by January 15, 1999. Papers will be published. All speakers must register for the meeting, and are elibile for a 50% discount.
Proposals for demonstrations (informal opportunities to show features of a site without an explicit thesis) will be accepted until December 31, 1998 and are not subject to the peer review process.
Proposals must address Web-related issues for museums, archives, libraries and other cultural heritage institutions.
Topics of interest include:
Social
* Applications of the Web by Museums * Web Publication of Museum Content * Use Of Museum Webs in Schools and Education * New Ways of Reaching Old, and New Communities * Evaluation of Web Programs
Organizational
* Internal Management of a Web Presence * Multi-Institutional Ventures * Sales, Advertising and Editorial Control * Contracting Development and Maintenance
Technical
* Database Publishing * Multi-media and webcasting * New standards, protocols and tools * Interface design and beyond
Proposal Format
All proposals must include the name, job title, institution, address, phone, fax and email for the presenter. In an Abstract of at least a paragraph (max. 500 words), summarize the thesis of the presentation, and cite relevant URLs.
E-mail proposals to: mailto:mw99@archimuse.com
Museums and the Web is organized by Archives & Museum Informatics. Conference Co-Chairs, David Bearman and Jennifer Trant.
-------- J. Trant mailto:jtrant@archimuse.com Co-Chair www.archimuse.com/mw99/ Museums and the Web Archives & Museum Informatics 5501 Walnut St., Suite 203 ph. + 1-412-683-9775 Pittsburgh, PA USA 15232 fax + 1-412-683-7366 --------