MCN at AAM 1997

This is a list of workshops, sessions and other events that are sponsored
by the Museum Computer Network at the 1997 annual meeting of the American
Association of Museums.  There are hundreds of additional sessions and
events.  Please contact the American Association of Museums at (202)
289-1818 for additional information.

Museum Expo97

One of MCN's primary contributions to the AAM meeting is The Internet
Forum.  The Forum is sponsored by MCN, the Getty Information Institute and
the AAM.  It provides AAM delegates with an unmatched opportunity for
Internet technical assistance, on-line services, and on-line
demonstrations.  The forum will highlight the latest in web technology and
look at new ways museums can use the web.

For further information, contact:  Katherine Jones-Garmil at (617)
495-1969 or by email:  [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]


Friday, April 25

Museum Computer Network Workshops

(1)     Putting It All Together:  Integrated Information Systems
        Instructor:  James Blackaby, Holocaust Memorial Museum

(2)     Planning for Museum Automation
        Instructors:  Katherine Jones-Garmil, Peabody Museum, Harvard
        University and Guy Hermann, Mystic Seaport Museum

        Pre-registration of $150 is required (you may send a check along
        with your name, title, institution, address, city/state,zip,
        email to Kathy Jones-Garmil.  Please make the check out to:
        Museum Computer Network)

        Contact:        Katherine Jones-Garmil
                        Assistant Director
                        Peabody Museum, Harvard University
                        11 Divinity Avenue
                        Cambridge, MA  02138
                        (617) 495-1969
                        (617) 495-7535 (fax)
                        email:  [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]


Saturday, April 26

Museum Computer Network, Board of Directors Meeting
Location to be announced.


Sunday, April 27

7:15-8:15 am
Continuing the Dialogue:  Discussing the Importance of Standards in
Controlled Vocabulary (see AAM registration form, Event # 10)
Cost:  $15.00 (includes breakfast)
For more information, contact:  Katherine Jones-Garmil

8:30-9:45 am
Session:        Collections as Commodity:  The "Added Value" of
Collections in the Digital Age, Chair:  Selma Thomas, Watertown
Productions, Inc., Washington, DC.  Sponsored by:  AAM Media and
Technology Committee.  Co-sponsored by:  MCN,  AAM Registrars Committee,
and the AAM Curators Committee.

10:00-11:15 am
Session:        Are You a Deer Caught in the Headlights on the Information
Superhighway?, Chair:  John Chadwick, Systems Analyst, New Mexico Museum
of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM, Sponsored by:  AAM Media
and Technology.  Co-sponsored by:  MCN and AAM Museum Management
Committee.

3:00-5:00
Media & Technology Committee Marketplace (MCN members participating)


Monday, April 28

8:30-9:45 am
Session:  Next Steps, or "What Will We Do for an Encore?", Chair:  Ruth
Perlin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.  Sponsored by the AAM
Media and Technology Committee.  Co-sponsored by the AAM Education
Committee and the Museum Computer Network.

2:00-3:15 pm
Session:  The Medium, the Message, and Memorex:  Live Versus Recorded
Experience in Museum Exhibits, Chair:  Ann Mintz, Whitaker Center for
Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA.  Sponsored by the AAM Media and
Technology Committee.  Co-sponsored by the AAM Education Committee, the
AAM Committee on Museum Exhibition (NAME) and the Museum Computer Network.


Tuesday, April 29

8:30-9:45 am
Session:  Museum Web Sites and Teachers:  Collaborating on the World Wide
Web, Chair:  Naree Wongse-Sanit, Getty Education Institute for the Arts,
Los Angeles, CA.  Sponsored by the AAM Media and Technology Committee.
Co-sponsored by the AAM Education Committee and the Museum Computer
Network.

2:00-3:15 pm
If It Works Is It Obsolete?, Chair:  Katherine Jones-Garmil, Peabody
Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.  Sponsored by the AAM Media and
Technology Committee.  Co-sponsored by the AAM Education Committee, the
AAM Registrars Committee, the AAM Committee on Museum Exhibition (NAME),
the AAM Small Museums Administrators Committee, the AAM Museum Management
Committee and the Museum Computer Network.


Wednesday, April 30

3:15-4:30 pm
Session:  The Big Ticket:  The Microcosm and the Macrocosm of Exhibition
Budget Planning, Chair:  Suzanne Quigley.  Sponsored by the AAM Registrars
Committee.  Co-sponsored by the AAM Museum Management Committee, the AAM
Committee on Museum Exhibition (NAME), and the Museum Computer Network.