Collections and the Web Melbourne
24 November 2008
Melbourne Museum
Welcome - Dr Robin Hirst, Director, Collections, Research and Exhibitions, Museum Victoria
Session 1 – Engaging Audiences
** Build it – but will they come? Imagining ‘the user’ for online projects
Ely Wallis, Manager, Information Services, Museum
** Victoria Collections, stories and digital media in regional Australia
Karlie Hawking, Community Museums Project Officer, Department of Planning and Community Development
** Building from the basics: maximising your online presence
Joy Suliman, Project Manager, Collections Australia Network
Session 2A - Databases and Catalogues Online
** Databases and catalogues online
Daniel Wilksch, Manager, Online Projects, Public Record Office Victoria
** Looking forward, looking back: lessons for digital content
Trish Stokes, Manager, Collections and Information Systems, the Arts Centre
** Using technology to unlock cultural institution resources for educational purposes
Preety Agarwal, Senior Manager, Information Systems, The Le@rning Federation
Session 2B - Blogs and Podcasts
** The Virtual Museum – Collections Beyond the Walls
Joy Suliman, Project Manager, Collections Australia Network
** Blogging it all out there
Linda Barraclough, Team Leader, Cataloguing, Old Gippstown,
** Living stories of the Victorian Goldfields, Bendigo Castlemaine and Maldon
Kathryn Mackenzie, Executive Manager Tourism, City of Greater Bendigo
Session 2C - Digital Storytelling and Oral Histories
** DIY ALT-AV – digital storytelling for museums
Peter Mahony, Manager, SoundHouse VectorLab, Powerhouse Museum
** Digital Storytelling as a Collaborative and Community Building Tool
Helen Simondson, Screen Events Manager, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
** Oral histories: partnerships and collaborations
Rita Morrison, Manager - Oral History Unit, Koorie Heritage Trust
Session 3 - Understanding Technologies
** Buried treasures
Kelly Gardiner - Web Services Manager, State Library of Victoria
** Web Works: redeveloping the Deakin University Library website
Sue Owen, Associate Librarian, Client Services and Kat Clancy, Web Developer, Deakin University Library
** Culture Victoria Story Builder – a tool to showcase collection resources online
Martin Hallett - Senior Arts Officer, Arts Victoria
3:30-4:30 Future Trends Panel Chair/Facilitator: Joy Suliman
Martin Hallett, Brett McLennan, Kelly Gardiner, Daniel Wilksch, Jennifer Dawson
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