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Membership Profile
MCN has more than 1,100 members representing almost 700 major
cultural institutions throughout the world. Additionally, 50%
of the subscribers to the Spectra, the quarterly journal of
the MCN, are outside the United States.
Member interests have expanded to include:
*image
management
*intellectual property management
*e-commerce
*managing collection databases
*educational programs
*events management
and ticketing
*exhibits
*facilities management
*fund raising
and membership
*publications, research
*system administration
*establishing and maintaining Internet/Web presence
MCN members are interested in
building databases complete with images and multimedia components
for their collections, in using automated systems to track membership,
manage events and design exhibits, in discovering how multimedia
systems can increase the effectiveness of educational programs,
and in developing technical standards to insure the investment
that museum information represents.
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overview
Museums are on the verge of delivering on the promise that new media
and technology will bring their resources out of the storerooms
and galleries to an ever-expanding global audience. MCN is asking
you to be a part of this cultural communications revolution by attending
our MCN2000 Annual Conference.
The staid and traditional "museum" is shedding its straitjacket
and morphing into an organization that reaches out to new audiences
and communities using the latest tools. Technological advances point
toward a new way of conducting business-changing staff roles, new
organizational structure, diverse audiences, increased access, innovative
collaborations, new approaches. Change is the status quo. How do
we mainstream this concept into the very core of a museum's mission
and operations? How can we possibly keep pace with the blindingly
quick rate of technological change? MCN-2K offers an opportunity
to stop spinning and think, discuss, learn about, and reflect on
change.
This conference explores how cultural heritage institutions are
succeeding in forging a more perfect union between their traditional
missions and new ways to communicate. MCN2000 offers
a broad overview of opportunities, workshops for in-depth learning,
and the chance to meet the people who are creating and managing
the most innovative projects and discussing the most interesting
new ideas. MCN is dedicated to providing the tools you need to do
your job, not just today, but into the 21st century. MCN2000
will offer tools, and more, for anyone interested in using new technologies
and media to help understand and appreciate cultural heritage collections.
mcn2000 is a must attend event
- Meet
colleagues from around the world who are attempting to manage
the everyday issues you face.
- Learn
new skills to further develop your institution's information resources.
- Hear
papers highlighting the issues facing institutions like yours.
- Discuss
current issues and controversies.
- See
demonstrations of the best tools to do the job.
- Discover
the latest commercial products and services available to you.
- Explore
the best new resources on the Web.
who should attend?
- Anyone sitting at the intersection of technology and cultural
heritage.
- Museum educators, registrars, curators, IT managers, community
liaisons, librarians, and archivists using or managing new media.
- Educators and scholars who are producers, users, and collaborators
in cultural heritage content delivered with new media.
- Consultants and Technology vendors with services and applications
for the cultural heritage community.
special interest groups (SIGs)
Join forces with other members who share your specific educational
needs and interests. Discuss issues relating to art museums, standards,
the internet, archaeological and anthropological collections, MIS
managers, controlled vocabularies, and visual information.
exhibit hall
Take advantage of a two-day exhibit hall showcasing the hottest trends
and the latest programs in museum technology. Take a walk through
the future. Feel the pulse of the industry. Sample the best in the
museum technology market.
viva
las vegas volunteers!
MCN
is looking for volunteers to assist at the sessions, silent auction,
and in the exhibition hall for this year's annual conference. If you
help out for a minimum of 2 hours, you will be able get free admission
to sessions as outlined below (if you like to impersonate ELVIS, read
on):
Contact Marla Misunas at 415/357-4186 or mmisunas@sfmoma.org
Volunteers are needed for various duties associated with the conference,
such as:
- exhibit
hall monitors
- liaison
with speakers and workshop leaders
- greeting
and orienting speakers and attendees
- assistance
with conference documentation
If you
would like to help out with any of above tasks and are willing to
volunteer at least 2 scheduled hours of your time, we'd love to hear
from you! In order to thank volunteers, we offer the following:
- for 2 hours volunteered: free attendance at the remainder of
the day's conference sessions (no special events)
- for 10 hours volunteered: access to all conference sessions
(no special events)
- Only-in-Vegas feature: If you volunteer for 8 hours dressed
as Elvis (with wig/appropriate hairdo, white jumpsuit preferred),
we'll reward you with access to all conference sessions as listed
above for the 10-hour stint. To qualify, you must send a photo
of yourself "Elvisized" to Marla for prior approval,
and of course, perform your 8 hours of volunteer work at the conference
dressed as advertised.
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