Announcing the MCN 2023 Program
The MCN 2023 program is now live.
Open Space Discussions: Learn more about MCN 2023’s “Network” track
Open Space Discussions: Learn more about MCN 2023’s “Network” track
MCN 2023 Registration Now Open! (& What’s New)
Registration for MCN 2023 is now open!
MCN 2023 is headed to Philadelphia!
About the conference Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 8–10, 2023 We’re thrilled to announce our first in-person conference since 2019! This year, we’re testing some new models while recalling our past. We hope you join us at Penn Museum in Philadelphia for conference sessions, networking, and open spaces for conversation and collaboration. The conference features…
Seeing Your Data Differently Through The Lens Of Linked Data
by Erin Canning, Ontology Systems Analyst at LINCS (Linked Infrastructure for Networked Cultural Scholarship); @eecanning on Twitter Linked data is a way of structuring data so that it can be connected to data from other sources and queried all together. For museums, this discussion often comes up in regards to collections data: how can different…
DEAI From A Museum Technologist’s Perspective
by Mark Osterman, Digital Experience Manager and Head of Education at the Lowe Art Museum, and MCN Board Member (@osterman_mark on Twitter) How should we as museum technologists think about and act upon diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI)? I am constantly grappling with this question in my current practice. Over the past 20 years—while…