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SOCIAL NETWORKING, WEB 2.0 AND WEB 3.0

The Semantic Web: A Case Study at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Chair: Koven Smith, Associate Manager of Interpretive Technology, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Copyright and Other Legal Issues in Virtual Worlds
Chair: Amalyah Keshet, Head of Image Resources and Copyright Management, The Israel Museum

Should You Care about Social Tagging? Findings and Recommendations from steve.museum
Chair: Rob Stein, Chief Information Officer, Indianapolis Museum of Art

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SUPERIOR CONTENT, SUPERIOR DELIVERY

Broadening the Tapestry: Telling a Story with Archival Materials
Chair: Maggie Nelson, Archivist, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Museums and Digital Curation
Chair: Helen Tibbo, Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Exploiting the Web: Explore Museums across Collections
Chair: Murtha Baca, Head, Getty Vocabulary Program, Getty Research Institute

Capturing the Past for the Future
Chair: Samantha Hastings, Director and Professor, University of South Carolina, School of Library and Information Science

Emergent Course Design: University and Museum Partnerships for Student-Generated Content
Chair: Chad Wollerton, Monticello Webmaster, The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc.

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DIGITAL READINESS

The Smithsonian’s Digital Strategy
Chair: Michael Edson, Director, Web and New Media Strategy, Smithsonian Institution

Digital Asset Management Outsourcing
Chair: Howard Goldstein, Vice President, Center for Digital Imaging, Inc.

Digital Imaging Session
Chair: Alan Newman, Chief, Imaging and Visual Services, National Gallery of Art

IT Digital Round Table
Chair: Janice Craddock, Information Technology Manager, Amon Carter Museum

Opening It Up: Using Open Source Software
Chair: Mary Elings, Archivist for Digital Collections, The Bancroft Library

Technologies in Small Museums: Common Problems/Innovative Solutions
Chair: Melissa Holbert, Manager of New Media and Family Interpretation, Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago

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MUSEUM INFORMATION STANDARDS

Back to the Future for Conservation Documentation
Chair: Chuck Patch, Conservation Documentation Analyst, National Gallery of Art

The Logistics of Extensive Data Standardization Projects
Chair: Kara Lewis, Collections Information Program Manager, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution

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ISSUES OF NATIONAL CONCERN FOR MUSEUMS

Issues of National Importance for Museum Technologists
Chair: Diane Zorich, Information Management Consultant

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LEADERSHIP, SUSTAINABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY

Innovative Applications, Innovative Evaluations
Chair: Sheila Carey, Audience and Programs Analyst, Canadian Heritage Information Network

Change Management and Diffusion of Innovation
Chairs: Richard Cherry, Director of Operations, Skirball Cultural Center and Leonard Steinbach, Technology Consultant, Cultural Technology

Maximizing Earned and Contributed Income Online
Chair: Chris DallaVilla, Museo Group

Funding Organizations Talk about Museum Technology Issues

Implementing Ticketing Solutions in Museums: Three Case Studies
Chair: Richard Cherry, Director of Operations, Skirball Cultural Center

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STAYING CURRENT

What’s New in Taiwan

Update on MuseTech Central, the MCN Project Registry
Chair: Erin Coburn, Head, Collections Information and Access, J. Paul Getty Museum

Horizon Report for Museums
Chair: Leonard Steinbach, Co-Editor, Horizon Report for Museums, New Media Consortium

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CASE STUDY SHOWCASE – INNOVATION

Rapid Imaging at the Art Institute of Chicago
Christopher Gallagher, Head of Imaging, Art Institute of Chicago

Digital Asset Management Customer Case Study
Megan Banman, Marketing Programs Specialist, Extensis

MoMA.guide: A New Approach to Digital Information Kiosks
Allegra Burnette, Creative Director, Digital Media, The Museum of Modern Art

Ongoing Experiments in Innovation
Bruce Wyman, Director of Technology, Denver Art Museum

Institutional Dashboards: The How’s and Why’s of Transparency at the Indianapolis Museum of Art
Rob Stein, Chief Information Officer, Indianapolis Museum of Art

Digital Asset Management/Preservation on the Cheap and/or an Archive for the 21st Century
Ari Davidow, Director for Online Strategy, Jewish Women's Archive

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CASE STUDY SHOWCASE – COLLECTIONS

Highlights from the Collection, University of Kansas
Sarah Goodwin Thiel, Digital Services Librarian, University of Kansas

Virtual Museum of Canada: The Next Generation
Jérôme Gédéon, Product Manager, Virtual Museum of Canada

Connecting the Internal to the External: Exploiting Collections Management
Allegra Burnette, Creative Director, Digital Media, The Museum of Modern Art,

NMAI Gives It UP: Moving Collections Information onto the Web
Kara Lewis, Collections Information Program Manager, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution

The Return of the Portal in the Service of Museums
Marcia Finkelstein, Director, Museum Services, Mutualart.com

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CASE STUDY SHOWCASE – OPEN SOURCE

Redesigning Your Intranet Using Open Source Technology
Erin Weinman, IT Applications Manager, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution

Collection Space: A Next Generation Collections Management System
Megan Forbes, Collection Information and Access Manager, Museum of the Moving Image

Omeka: Exhibit Collections Online in the Age of Web 2.0
Sheila Brennen, Senior Digital History Associate, Center for History and New Media, George Mason University

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