May 2021 SIG Corner: Data & Insights SIG.
By Chris Unitt, Founder of One Further and co-chair of the Data & Insights SIG. It’s been a busy time in the world of museum data and insights, with changes happening on lots of different fronts. Here’s an overview of what’s been going on. We all know that pandemic-related closures accelerated the trend towards digital…
MCN Insights: Let’s do better than “back to normal”.
By Nathan Adkisson, Director of Strategy and Associate Creative Director at Local Projects, and MCN Board member. After a brutal year, there’s no doubt that we’ve turned a corner. Vaccination numbers climb higher. We are spending more time outside, and beginning to travel again. Museums are cautiously reopening. Many of us have started going back…
A world of art at our fingertips: How COVID-19 accelerated the digitization of culture
A world of art at our fingertips: How COVID-19 accelerated the digitization of culture published on Friday May 8, 2021 in CBC News talks about some digital initiatives rolled out by many cultural institutions this past year. Among those interviewed for this piece were Marty Spellerberg and Danuta Sierhuis, and MCN was also mentioned.
April 2021 SIG Corner: Strategy SIG.
By Tricia Robson, Senior Project Manager at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Susan Wigodner, Manager of Integrated Media at the Obama Foundation – Strategy SIG Co-chairs. Much has been said about the seismic shift brought on by the pandemic for museums—and ultimately our world. We quickly adapted to new ways of working, connecting with…
MCN Insights: NFTs are a scam.
By Andrea Ledesma, Digital Product Specialist, The Field Museum, Jeremy Munro, Database Administrator, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Erin Canning, Ontology Systems Analyst, LINCS, University of Guelph and MCN Board member, and Claire Blechman, former Digital Asset Manager, Peabody Essex Museum. In recent weeks, the use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the sale and distribution…
MCN 2021: Call for Program Co-Chairs + members
We’re calling on volunteers to join and/or co-chair the MCN 2021 annual conference Program Committee! If you’ve always wanted to contribute to the planning of the conference, here’s your chance, and we’d love to hear from you! We’re looking for about 25-30 digital museum professionals – from diverse backgrounds, perspectives and skill sets – to…
MCN Insights: A museum professional’s musings on job hunting in a pandemic.
Courtney OCallaghan joined the MCN Board in 2018 and is currently filling her time with MCN, consulting, homeschooling, bread baking, and gardening. A year and a half ago I was laid off from my full-time museum job. I had few concerns about finding another position as long as I had patience. In fact, I planned…
March 2021 SIG Corner: IIIF SIG.
Meet Tristan Roddis, co-chair of the IIIF SIG. Hello! My name is Tristan, and I’m a huge fan of both MCN and IIIF, an acronym for International Image Interoperability Framework. I’ve both attended, and presented at, the MCN conference six times since my first one in 2011 and always love the interchange of ideas that…
February 2021 SIG Corner: IT SIG.
Meet Janice Craddock, Chair of the Information Technology SIG. I started at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art the year Windows 1.0 was released. Yes, that is 1.0! What an adventure it has been to be a part of the technology as it has grown over the years! Hi, this is Janice Craddock, chair…
MCN Insights: Collaborative Social Media Campaigns
By Hilary-Morgan Watt, Director of Digital Engagement, Smithsonian Arts & Industries Building, and Emily Haight, Social Media Manager, New-York Historical Society + Social Media SIG Chair. Whether you’re sending a #MuseumBouquet, dodging a virtual snowball, or chatting with a T. rex, nothing delights online audiences more than seeing museums “play” with audiences and each other…
Introducing MCN Insights, a new blog series for sharing thought-provoking ideas.
It’s not an exaggeration to say that 2020 will be remembered as one of the most challenging years in recent memory. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world as we knew it. And it’s changing us. As individuals, many of us are shaken to our core, bruised, uncertain about everything, and emotionally drained. The travel…
January 2021 SIG Corner: Update from the Media Production and Branding SIG.
Our first SIG Corner post of 2021 is authored by Ryan Waggoner, co-chair of MCN’s Media Production and Branding SIG. SIGs are MCN members’ communities of practice organized around specific topics of interest or niche practice areas. Learn more and join a SIG today! So far January 2021 is feeling a lot like most of…