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The Museum Computer Network is pleased to announce the formation of
the MCN Small Museum SIG (Special Interest Group), which will hold
its inaugural meeting at MCN's November 2004 conference in
Minneapolis. Building on a long tradition of MCN support for small
museums by such means as reduced conference fees, the SIG's precise
aims and activities will emerge from open-ended and participatory
discussion at the fall meeting.
The MCN Small Museum SIG is a forum for discussing technology issues
faced by people working in small- and medium-sized museums,
galleries, and archives. Such institutions often have fewer
resources, and less in-house expertise, than do many larger ones.
Along with encouraging members to share information with one another,
the Small Museum SIG will organize and propose at least one topical
panel for each annual MCN conference. Any MCN member is welcome to
join the SIG; if you feel that your institution is a small one in
terms of its staff, budget, or technology resources, or even if you
don't work in such a setting but want to help by sharing information
about technology issues in these contexts (solutions to common
problems, news of emerging tools or practices, etc.), this is a SIG
for you.
We hope that all MCN members interested in these issues will attend
the SIG's first meeting this November, when we all can help to shape
the SIG from its inception. Potential topics of discussion include
technology funding resources for small museums, models for
collaboration, and other concerns the SIG's members may raise. For
general information about MCN's 2004 conference, please see
http://www.mcn.edu/Mcn2004/delegate/mcn2004-d1a.htm.
Participating in MCN SIGs is a benefit of MCN membership. If you're
an MCN member and you'd like to add your name to the list of Small
Museum SIG participants, please contact the SIG's Chair, David
Farrell of the Peel Heritage Complex in Ontario, Canada, at
<[log in to unmask]>. If you'd like to join the SIG and
haven't yet joined MCN, or if your membership may not be current,
please join or renew now at http://www.mcn.edu/membership/index.htm.
best regards,
Sam Quigley (MCN President)
Rob Lancefield (MCN Board, SIG Liaison)
David Farrell (MCN Small Museum SIG Chair)
The Museum Computer Network is a nonprofit organization of
professionals dedicated to fostering the cultural aims of museums
through the use of computer technologies. We serve individuals and
institutions wishing to improve their means of developing, managing,
and conveying museum information through the use of automation. We
support cooperative efforts that enable museums to be more effective
at creating and disseminating cultural and scientific knowledge as
represented by their collections and related documentation.
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