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Libraries and Museums in an Era of Participatory Culture
19 Oct - 23 Oct, 2011
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Faculty:
Américo Castilla
(Co-Chair)
- President, Fundación TyPA, Buenos Aires, Argentina; former Director, National Museum of Fine Arts; former National Director of Heritage and Museums, Ministry of Culture of Argentina
Michele Cloonan
(Co-Chair)
- Graduate School of Library & Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, United States
Noha Adly
- Deputy Head, ICT Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
Gabriela Aidar
- Coordinator of the Sociocultural Inclusion Program of the Education Department of the São Paulo State Pinacoteca, São Paulo, Brasil
Kidong Bae
- ICOM chair of the National Committee of Korea; former President of the Korean Museum Association; Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology, Hanyang University; Director of the Jeongok Prehistory Museum, Gyounggy Province; Seoul, South Korea
Vishakha Desai
- President and CEO, Asia Society, New York, United States
Elaine Gurian
- Consultant/Advisor to Museums, Arlington, United States
Gregory Hayton
- CEO, Cambridge Public Libraries and Art Galleries, Cambridge, Canada
Richard Lankes
- Professor, Director, Masters in Library and Information Science
Syracuse University, School of Information Studies, Syracuse, United States
Deirdre Prins-Solani
- Chair, AFRICOM; Director, Center for Heritage Development in Africa, Mombasa, Kenya
Rudo Sithole
- Executive Director, AFRICOM, Nairobi, Kenya
Sarah Thomas
- Bodley's Librarian, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, United Kingdom
Gary Vikan
- Director, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, United States
Johannes Vogel
- Keeper of Botany, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
Mats Widbom
- Director, Museum of World Culture, Göteborg, Sweden
Additional Session Support:
Mary Chute
(Resource Specialist)
Nancy Rogers
(Resource Specialist)
Marsha Semmel
(Resource Specialist)
Robert Stein
(Resource Specialist)
- Deputy Director for Research, Technology, and Engagement, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, United States
Michael Stephens
(Resource Specialist)
- Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University, Creator and Primary Author, Tame the Web; United States
Abstract:
As key stewards of our culture and heritage, libraries and museums have traditionally enjoyed, and to a great extent still do enjoy, a unique role and special responsibility within societies around the world. But as economic disruptions and rapid technological innovation have brought about dramatic societal changes, libraries and museums, too, are being forced to revisit and rethink their own roles and responsibilities within these changing societies. The 21st century indeed poses perplexing challenges, but at the same time offers intriguing new opportunities for libraries and museums. It is a critical moment for leaders within libraries and museums to reflect creatively and strategically about the role and place of their institutions in an era of participatory culture and to recognize and seize the opportunity for reorientation and reinvention.
Building on the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) initiative The Future of Museums and Libraries as well as on past museum and library sessions convened by the Salzburg Global Seminar, this session will bring together approximately fifty leaders, advocates and constituents of libraries and museums, cultural and educational policymakers, cultural sector researchers, representatives of library and museum education programs, technology experts, sociologists, journalists, and library and museum association representatives to debate the changing roles and responsibilities of libraries and museums in their societies. The participants will consider the following key areas: societal changes that are shaping the future of museums and libraries; collaboration; education and training; communication and technology; sustainability; value and values. Together, the participants will develop a set of recommendations for libraries and museums to meet the new challenges posed to them in this era of participatory culture. The recommendations, in turn, will be shared with the larger library and museum community worldwide.
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