#MCN50 Voices: Rachel Ropeik & Charlotte Sexton
A spin of the wheel, a roll of the dice, a timely conversation. When you spend time deconstructing your working life and reflecting on those pivotal moments that have pushed you forward (or knocked you back), it doesn’t take long to realize that in the game of career ‘Chutes and Ladders,’…
MCN 2017 Ignite
Post by Koven Smith For those of you who have attended MCN in the last few years, one of the highlights of the conference has been Ignite MCN, where a group of courageous-slash-foolhardy speakers dispense wisdom in lightning-fast five-minute chunks on the opening-night of the conference. Each speaker has five minutes and 20 automatically-advancing slides…
#MCN50 Voices: Dana Allen-Greil & Arielle Feldman
Dana Allen-Greil and Arielle Feldman were paired up for the #MCN50 Voices project, which invites members of the MCN community to interview each other about their careers and the field of museum technology as a whole. Being #musesocial gals, Dana and Arielle decided to conduct their interview live on Twitter–emojis, gifs, and all. Here is…
MCNPro – CollectiveAccess for Museums
Presented by the Small Museum SIG Friday, April 28, 1pm ET CollectiveAccess is a free open-source software for managing and publishing museum and archival collections. Join John Turner, Senior Manager of Museum Technology at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, as he shares his experience installing, customizing, and using CollectiveAccess to manage the Museum’s…
#MCN50 Voices: 10 Words and 2 Challenges from Holly Witchey & Angela Spinazzè
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 video conversation, experienced professionals Angela Spinazzè, Principal at ATSPIN Consulting & Holly Witchey, Principal at Relevant Museums Consulting, take us back to revisit their first projects of…
“Other” Category Unpacked: #MCN2017 Call for Proposals
As a candid and welcoming community, MCN has always championed innovative sessions that are willing to take risks. Last year through the “Other” Category in the Call for Proposals, the program co-chairs created the option for attendees to “propose something else” to present in New Orleans. We actively sought out, encouraged and cultivated potential…
MCN 2016 Sessions – NMC Horizon Report 2016 Museum Edition
NMC Horizon Report > 2016 Museum Edition Friday, November 4, 2016 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Co-Presenter : Alex Freeman, Senior Director, Membership and Special Projects, New Media Consortium Session Leader : Nik Honeysett, Director and CEO, BPOC The NMC’s Horizon Report, created with input from many MCN members, has helped museums and universities set…
MCN 2016 Sessions – Focus on the Audience: Social Media Managers Talk Participatory Campaigns
Focus on the Audience: Social Media Managers Talk Participatory Campaigns Session Leader : Meagan Estep, Social Media Manager, National Gallery of Art Co-Presenter : Russell Dornan, Web Editor, Wellcome Collection Co-Presenter : Arielle Sherman, Assistant Manager, Digital Communications, Hammer Museum Co-Presenter : Sarah Waldorf, Media Producer, The J. Paul Getty Trust Co-Presenter : Amy Fox,…
Cooking up the MCN 2017 Theme with 50+ Chefs in the Kitchen
After days of virtual sharing, commiserating, wordsmithing, and voting, the MCN 2017 theme has arrived! MCN 2017: Looking Back, Thinking Forward, Taking Action Every year, MCN explores topics of relevance to museum practitioners working with, or affected by, digital media and technology. In 2017, MCN will focus on how museums can use…
Support AAM’s Speak Up for Museums campaign
Like many of our peer organizations, we, at MCN (Museum Computer Network), were alarmed today to see the dramatic scale of the proposed cuts to federal funding of America’s arts and cultural organizations. While MCN isn’t formally an advocacy agency, our members represent a wide range of information professionals from hundreds of cultural sector institutions…
MCN 2016 Sessions – How to write an MCN proposal
How to Write an MCN Proposal Friday, November 4, 2016 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Join the MCN Program Co-Chairs to find out how the conference program comes together. Speakers Speaker : Suse Cairns, Assistant Professor, George Washington University Speaker : Jennifer Foley, Director of Education and Community Engagement, Albright-Knox Art Gallery Speaker : Trish…
MCN 50 – Today is Tomorrow
By Marla Misunas, MCN50 Co-Chair, Collections Information Manager, SFMOMA The Museum Computer Network (MCN) got its start in 1967 when local New York museum directors met at the Whitney Museum of American Art in the Spring of 1967, to explore ways of using technology newly developed by computer scientists such as Jack Heller at…