Cross
Currents No 12 Dec 2002
A
digest of cross sectoral information management events, issues and ideas in
organisations, libraries, archives and museums, with special emphasis on
arts and the humanities.
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ARTS
& HUMANITIES: Australian e-Humanities Network | UK arts &
humanities research funding | US cultural partnerships
ARCHITECTURE:
Society of Architectural Historians of Australia & New Zealand
CREATIVE
INDUSTRIES: Creative Clusters Summit
THEATRE:
Artmedia Physical Theatre
VISUAL
ARTS: AMICO
ASSOCIATION
MANAGEMENT
CROSS
SECTORAL MANAGEMENT
National
Collections Advisory Forum
LIBRARIES
ARL statistics. MUSEUMS Creative Space
Conference | International Museum Theatre Alliance | Museum Computer
Network Conference
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ONLINE
INFORMATION
Metadata
registries | ASIST annual meeting | digital divide } digital rights
management | IT Governance & project management | LITA Forum |
Internet 2 Shibboleth Access Management Pilots, Information Resources
Management Association Conference | National Office of the Information
Economy activities
RECORDS
& ARCHIVES
Australia's
lost documentary heritage | e-mail records | recordkeeping and
authentication | Queensland State Archives recordkeeping guide |
Information Management: Challenges in Managing and Preserving
Electronic Records
STANDARDS
ISIL
| Library Statistics | Reference Ontology for the Interchange of
Cultural heritage Information
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Australian
e-Humanities Network
The
Australian E-humanities Network has launched its website and email newsletter.
Established by the Australian Academy of the Humanities, Centre for Literary
and Linguistic Computing, (University of Newcastle), Scholarly Electronic Text
and Image Service (University of Sydney Library), and Research Institute for
Humanities and Social Sciences (University of Sydney) with funding from the
Australian Research Council, the Network serves as a reference point for
scholars engaged in or interested in projects ‘at the intersection of
computing and the humanities’. Its main objectives are: to provide an
internet Gateway with access to sites and projects around Australia in the
e-Humanities field; to
provide training and information to students and scholars on digital resources
with humanities applications; to provide the infrastructure for a biennial
conference on digital resources in the humanities. Web: http://www.ehum.edu.au/
UK
arts and humanities research funding
A
report released by the British UK Government has recommended that the Arts and
Humanities Research Board be given full research council status along the
lines of those funding science and medical research. AHRB Web:http://www.ahrb.ac.uk
[Source:
Cultural policy listserv]
US
cultural partnerships
The
Pew Charitable Trusts and Center for Arts and Culture have released Policy
Partners: Making the Case for State Investment in Culture, a guide to help
‘state leaders and advocates for the arts, folk life, humanities and
preservation
come together and create strategies to preserve and increase resources
for culture’. Source Cultural Policy Listserv.
Web:
http://www.culturalpolicy.org/
US
government funding
The
US House of Representatives increased 2002/2003 appropriations for the
National Endowment of the Arts by $10 million to $126 million and for National
Endowment for the Humanities by $5 million to $131 million. Source: Cultural
Policy listserv
The
Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) will
hold its 19th annual conference in October 2002.
SAHANZ is a body of about 150 professional architects, historians and
scholars founded in 1984. The society publishes the journal Fabrications. Web:
http://www.sahanz.net/
A
Creative Clusters Summit Conference will held in Sheffield, UK, on 20–23
November 2002. The program will include keynote addresses from major players,
best-practice case studies, project visits and policy debates. Web:
http://www.creativeclusters.co.uk
Artmedia
Services publishes Physical Theatre News an e-newsletter on topics like mime,
circus, dance, magic and electronic magic effects. Web and subscription
details at http://www.artmedia.com.au
The
Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) has selected the Robarts Library,
University of Toronto as its institutional host, following an open request for
proposals, because of its capability for facilitating collaboration across
departments and its reputation for providing ‘one stop shopping for
information and information technology.’
Founded in 1997 and now with 35 major museums in the United States,
Canada, and the United Kingdom, AMICO aims to share, shape and standardise
digital information on museum collections to facilitate their educational use.
Membership is open to any institution with a collection of art. The AMICO
Library is accessible over secure networks to licensed subscribers such as
universities, colleges, libraries, schools, museums, teachers, researchers and
public library patrons. Web: http://www.amico.org.
Pieter
Boeder writes on the benefits and strategies for using digital media
technology by non-profit organisations in First Monday July 2002. http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_7/boeder/
The
Australian Cultural Ministers Council has announced membership of the National
Collections Advisory Forum, established in 2002 to provide strategic advice on
the cultural collections sector and identify priorities for governments in
addressing ongoing needs in the gallery, library, archives and museum sectors.
The members are Chair: Professor Margaret Seares (Pro Vice Chancellor,
Community and Development, University of Western Australia); Ms Margaret
Birtley (Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Deakin
University); Mr Ross Gibbs (Director, Public Records Office of Victoria); Dr
J. Patrick Greene (CEO, Museum of Victoria); Mr Brendan Hartnett (Director of
Strategic Services, LgovNSW); Ms Janine Schmidt-(University Librarian,
University of Queensland); Mr Chris Tassell (Director, Queen Victoria Museum
and Art Gallery ); Professor David Throsby-(Professor of Economics, Macquarie
University), and Mr Gerry White (CEO, education.au limited).
The
Terms of Reference are to: [a] prioritise the current and future needs of
Australia's collections including benchmarks and standards, and recommend
strategies and programs to address these needs; [b] develop strategies to
identify the community value of collections and support their potential as
instruments of social, cultural and economic development, [c] advise on means
of enhancing the coordination of support programs offered by the three tiers
of Government and industry, and [d] provide a report to CMC, within 12 months,
upon the feasibility or otherwise of establishing a national industry body to
represent the library, archives, museum and gallery sectors.
The
Association of Research Libraries in the US has published ARL Supplementary
Statistics 2000-01. The statistics indicate that the average percentage of the
library budget on electronic materials in the contributor libraries was 16.25%
in 2000-01, nearly five times as much as in 1992-93. Almost US$132 million was
spent on electronic resources in 2000-01, by 106 universities. The vast
majority of expenditure increases have gone towards the purchase of electronic
serials and subscription services. Whereas only US$11million was spent in this
area when it was first included on the survey in 1994-95, 106 libraries
reported electronic serials expenditures totalling more than US$117 million
today. Web: http://www.arl.org/
Creative
Space Conference 2004
[CFP]
The Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK, has called for
papers for Creative Space, an international conference exploring museum and
gallery space as a creative medium, to be held in April
2004 at the University. Proposals are to be sent to Suzanne MacLeod,
Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, 103 - 105 Princess Road
East, Leicester, LE1 7LG. by 15 November 2002. The organisers are searching
for proposals that respond to the following questions and themes:
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How
can we understand the inside spaces of museums and galleries?
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What
types of museum and gallery space are required at the beginning of the
21st century?
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How
can we describe or visualise creative, inclusive and effective gallery
space?
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What
do we understand about the needs and experiences of a diverse audience and
how can this knowledge and understanding be harnessed in the making of
exhibitions?
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How
can museum and gallery professionals create spaces where physical,
intellectual and cultural barriers can be overcome?
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How
do the histories, traditions and conventions surrounding areas of museum
work such as design and exhibition planning, impact on the production of
museum and gallery spaces?
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What
role does creativity have to play in the making of museum and gallery
spaces?
International
Museum Theatre Alliance Showcase
[CFP}
The International Museum Theatre Alliance (IMTAL) has called for proposals for
a showcase of theatre productions at American Association of Museums Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon,
May 18-22, 2003. For requirements, selection guidelines and financial
assistance: Wendy Ellefson, Minnesota Historical Society wendy.ellefson@mnhs.org.
AAM’s web site <http://www.aam-us.org>
Museum
Computer Network Conference 2002
The
2002 Museum Computer Network Annual Conference will be held on 4-7 September
2002 in Toronto, Canada, under the theme, In It for the Long Haul - Technology
Programs that Go the Distance. Sessions and workshops cover such areas as new
building infrastructure, strategic use of membership/development systems,
collection management systems, and museum website development. Source NINCH.
Web: http://www.mcn.edu/mcn2002/
This
issue of Cross Currents compiled by Paul Bentley
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