#MCN50 Voices: Chris Alexander & Marty Spellerberg
This year MCN celebrates its 50th anniversary. Just as MCN has established a network of established and emerging professionals, #MCN50 Voices brings members together, old and new, near and far. In this post Chris Alexander and Marty Spellerberg, who have never met, share stories about projects they have worked on, and museums they have…
#MCN50 Voices: Leslie Johnston and Miranda Kerr
This year MCN celebrates its 50th anniversary. Just as MCN has established a network of established and emerging professionals, #MCN50 Voices brings members together, old and new, near and far. Leslie Johnston, Director of Digital Preservation U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and Miranda Kerr, Manager of Digital Learning, Learning Programs, John G….
Technologist-in-Chief: When Digital Reaches Museum Leadership
By Desi Gonzalez As digital technologies have come to permeate contemporary culture, social life, and workplaces, museums have increasingly recognized their value. This is nowhere better illustrated than when #musetech reaches museum leadership. In 2014, the Peabody Essex Museum’s Ed Rodley noticed an increase in technology-related C-level positions, sharing that “it was heartening to…
MCN50 Digital Experience at MCN2017
Planning a 50th birthday takes time. We began planning MCN’s 50th almost 2 years ago but things really started to move forward when Susan Edwards and Marla Misunas agreed to join forces as co-chairs of the MCN50 Planning Committee early last year. For the past 18 months, Susan and Marla have meticulously planned a myriad…
#MCN50 Voices: Douglas Hegley & Rob Lancefield
This year MCN celebrates its 50th anniversary. Just as MCN has established a network of established and emerging professionals, #MCN50 Voices brings members together, old and new, near and far. Douglas Hegley (L) & Rob Lancefield (R) A former psychologist and a sometimes-ethnomusicologist walk into an MCN conference-hotel bar. The former psychologist…