The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has selected the University of Denver and the Denver Art Museum to plan and co-host the 2010 and 2011 WebWise Conferences on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World. The next WebWise conference will take place in Denver, March 3-5, 2010, and will focus on the theme Imagining the Digital Future.
Online registration for all events will be available through the IMLS Web site in early December.
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Each year, the WebWise Conference brings together approximately 350 representatives of museums, libraries, archives, information and systems science, and other fields interested in the future of high-quality online content for inquiry and education. In 2010, the conference will focus on the future of collaborative digitization programs, the use of new technologies to more deeply engage audiences, and the training of a 21st century cultural heritage information workforce.
It will highlight digital projects and programs in libraries, museums, and cultural heritage organizations funded through IMLS’s National Leadership Grants. [Our emphasis] In addition to the conference, the University of Denver’s Penrose Library and School of Library and Information Science will launch an oral history program called “Digital Pioneers,” based on interviews with leading figures who have taken part in the creation of digital library and museum activities.
Webcasts from the 2009 WebWise Conference are available online.
Webcasts from the 2008 conference are also available. This conference featured a series of six sessions titled, “Introduction to Web 2.0.”
All videos are free to access and view.
Source: The Institute of Museum and Library Services
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