CALL FOR PARTICIPATION.

Museums and the Web 2007
April 11 - 14, 2007
San Francisco, California, USA
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/

You are invited to participate in the Eleventh
Annual Museums and the Web Conference.

THEMES FOR 2007

Social Issues and Impact
- Building Communities
- Public Content Creation
- On-going Engagement

Organizational Strategies
- Building + Managing Web Teams
- Multi-Institutional Ventures
- Facilitating Institutional Change
- Sustainability

Applications
- Wireless Inside/Outside
- Visitor Support On-site + On-line
- Schools + Educational Programs
- E-commerce for Museums

Technical and Design Issues
- Standards, Architectures + Protocols
- Interface + Design Paradigms
- New Tools + Methods
- Managing Content + Metadata

Museum 2.0 Services
- Podcasting, Blogging, RSS, Social Tagging,
- Folksonomy, Wikis, Cell Phone Tours ...
- Museum Mashups

Evaluation + User Studies
- Research Methods + Results
- Impact Studies
- User Analysis + Audience Development

[This list is not exhaustive; any relevant proposal will be considered.]

SESSION FORMATS

Choose the right presentation format for your proposal. Even the best
ideas can be rejected if proposed for an inappropriate venue.

Research?
- Propose a Paper, to be given in a formal session with other papers and
discussion

Case Study?
- Present a Paper or a Demonstration, depending on whether you wish to
emphasize generalizability, or your specific case

Methods and Techniques?
- Teach others in a Pre-conference Workshops (full or half-day) or
Mini-workshop (1 hour)

Debate or Problem Statement?
- Engage colleagues in a Professional Forum

Product to Show?
- Propose Demonstration (non-commercial)
- Participate in the Exhibit Hall (commercial)

Performance? Interaction? Service?
- Propose any other format of participation + explain how it works.

PROPOSAL FORM
On-line proposal submission is required. Use the form at
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/papers/mw2007.proposal.form.html

DEADLINES

September 30, 2006
- for papers, workshops, mini-workshops + professional forums (written
paper required by Jan. 30, 2007)

December 31, 2006
- for demonstrations (written paper optional)

PROPOSAL REVIEW

All proposals are subject to critical peer review by an International
Program Committee.

Please co-ordinate your proposals with your collaborators. Multiple
proposals about the same project will not be accepted. Proposals for
sessions should be submitted as individual papers with a covering note.
Papers are reviewed individually; full sessions are rarely accepted.

QUESTIONS?

Contact the MW2007 Conference Co-Chairs
David Bearman + Jennifer Trant , Archives & Museum Informatics
e-mail: mw2007archimuse.com

MW2007 PROGRAM COMMITTEE

- Peter Bruce, Director General, Information Technology Branch, Library
and Archives of Canada, Canada
- Sebastian Chan, Manager Web Services, Powerhouse Museum, Australia
- Rich Cherry, CIO, Guggenheim Museum, USA
- Costis Dallas, Lecturer in Cultural Heritage Management and Advanced
Technologies, Department of Communication, Media and Culture, Panteion
University, and Vice Chairman, PRC Group SA, Greece
- Marthe de Vet, Head of Education and Public Services, Van Gogh Museum,
The Netherlands
- Jim Devine, Head of Multimedia, Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery,
University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Gail Durbin, Head of V&A OnLine, Victoria & Albert Museum, United
Kingdom
- Jane Finnis, Director, 24 Hour Museum, United Kingdom
- Franca Garzotto, Associate Professor, Department of Electronics and
Information, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- Kati Geber, Manager, Research and Business Intelligence, Canadian
Heritage Information Network, Canada
- Stefan Göbel, Digital Storytelling, Head, ZGDV Darmstadt e.V., Germany
- Timothy Hart, Director, Information Multimedia & Technology, Museum
Victoria, Australia
- Susan Hazan, Curator of New Media, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
- Eero Hyvönen, Professor, Laboratory of Media Technology, Helsinki
University of Technology (TKK), Finland
- Michael Jenkins, Manager, Met Images, Office of the Director, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
- Brian Kelly, Team Leader and Web Focus, UKOLN, United Kingdom
- Mike Lowndes, Interactive Media Manager, The Natural History Museum,
United Kingdom
- Paul Marty, Assistant Professor, College of Information, Florida State
University, USA
- James Michalko, Vice President of RLG-Programs Development, OCLC-RLG, USA
- Dana Mitroff, Head of Online Services, San Francisco Museum of Modern
Art, USA
- Kris Morrissey, Director, Museum Studies, Michigan State University, USA
- Liddy Nevile, Adjunct Associate Professor, Computer Science and Computer
Engineering, La Trobe University, Australia
- Ross Parry, Lecturer in Museums and New Media, Department of Museum
Studies, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
- Darren Peacock, School of Management, University of South Australia,
Australia
- Jemima Rellie, Head of Digital Programmes, Tate, United Kingdom
- Ed Rodley, Content Developer, Research, Development & Production, Museum
of Science, Boston, USA
- Stephanie Stebich, Director, Tacoma Art Museum, USA
- Christopher J. Terry, President & CEO, Canada
Science and Technology Museum Corporation, Canada
- Kevin von Appen, Associate Director, Daily Experience Operations,
Ontario Science Centre, Canada
- Bruce Wyman, Director of New Technologies, Denver Art Museum, USA

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Jennifer Trant and David Bearman
Co-Chairs: Museums and the Web 2007 produced by
April 11 - 14, 2007, San Francisco, CA Archives & Museum Informatics
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/ 158 Lee Avenue
email: mw2007archimuse.com Toronto, Ontario, Canada
phone +1 416 691 2516 / fax +1 416 352-6025