| workshops 9:00 am - 12 noon Digital Access Projects: Descriptive Metadata Mary Elings, Bancroft Library This timely workshop will discuss embarking on digital access projects with the context of descriptive metadata and planning for access and retrieval, as well as long-term information management. The focus will be on the use of data standards and how to maximize information investment. This workshop can be taken as a self-contained learning unit, or combined with "Digital Access Projects: Digital Imaging Metadata" to provide a well-rounded picture of issues surrounding digital access information. Universal Designs: Making Web Sites Accessible to All Audiences Jim Angus, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Cultural organizations are generally dedicated to making their information available to all audiences, including those with disabilities. However, most museum Web sites are not easy to navigate or use by the hearing- and visually-impaired. This workshop will cover not only the basics of good Web site design, but will include a discussion and hands-on demonstration of technologies that allow the museum professional to create Web sites that can really be used by all. QuickTime Virtual Reality in Cultural Heritage Presentation James Devine, Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland The use of computer-based display of cultural resources provides museums, galleries, and related organizations with an opportunity to present their resources in an innovative and interactive way to remote users, and to supplement in-house exhibits with on-line resources. This introductory level workshop will provide participants with an overview of the issues involved, and will examine the potential of QTVR in heritage management contexts, using examples from Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, the REVELATION project, and others. Participants will receive hands-on instruction in photographing panoramas and object movies in QTVR and in stitching a basic QTVR panorama file. 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Digital Access Projects: Digital Imaging Metadata Guenter Weibel, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive While museums have gained expertise in cataloging their collections over the last century, the advent of digital imaging presents a new challenge in data management. The wealth of digital images created begs for a concise system of managing the new resource. Digital Imaging Metadata addresses the question at the core of the endeavor: what kinds of metadata do we need to accurately describe the mature of a digital surrogate? In this workshop, we will investigate the different needs Metadata has to serve-as an administrative tool, as a tool for access, and as a mainstay in a strategy to preserve data integrity over various decades. This workshop can be taken as a self-contained learning unit, or combined with "Digital Access Projects: Descriptive Metadata" to provide a well-rounded picture of issues surrounding digital access information. Keeping Pace with Change: Negotiating Web Site Development Agreements Rina Elster Pantalony and Lesley Ellen Harris Museums are becoming increasingly sophisticated producers of Web sites-whether museum Web sites or virtual exhibitions. The law has been adapting to the on-line environment so that it has become common to see certain terms and conditions present in Web site development agreements. What are these terms and conditions? What terms and conditions suit best the museum as host/developer/producer? What terms are necessary to protect museum interests? What approach(s) should be taken to facilitate the negotiation process? Creating a Digital Imaging Lab Carol Hernandez, J. Paul Getty Museum This workshop is geared toward participants with an intermediate background in Digital Imaging. Characteristics of a variety of Imaging Lab equipment will be covered such as monitors, scanners, printers, and digital cameras. How to choose the right equipment to meet your needs and budget including the hidden incidentals that can drive up costs. Staffing, project planning, organization and workflow issues will also be discussed. FULL-DAY WORKSHOPS 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Learning to Lead: Facilitating Change John Durel, QM2 You can dramatically improve your ability to make plans real by developing the capacity to champion and coach the change effort. This workshop explores the role and responsibilities of internal change agents and provides models that improve human interaction, enhance leadership skills, and, most important, focus the institution's ability to achieve planning goals. Facilitating Change shows you how to lead and facilitate a change effort. Museum Information: The Executive Summary James Blackby, Museum of America and the Sea The tools we use to manage our information have done much to shape what that information is and what we thought we were supposed to keep track of. With integrated systems, digital libraries and new sets of standards, what was once a pretty clear task has become fuzzier. This full-day workshop will explore just what "museum information" seems to be, how we get it and what we do with it. As a compression of a longer course, it will touch on high points, raise issues and gesture towards answers. Practical examples will be offered wherever possible, but the approach will be to provide participants with perspective rather than a toolkit to take back to their institutions to fix things broken. EVENING EVENTS 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Opening Reception in Exhibit Hall |
