Social Media and Cultural Communication, Sydney Australia, February 28-29, 2008

Theme: Social Media and Cultural Communication

URL: http://nlablog.wordpress.com/conference-2008/
Location: Sydney, Australia
Masterclasses: Australian Museum, Thursday 28 February 2008
Conference: Museum of Sydney, Friday 29 February 2008

Social media have swiftly risen from obscurity to become one of the hot topics of cultural communication. Portals such as Wikipedia, YouTube and Flickr all represent a new, content-rich opportunity for online interaction, and their rising popularity demonstrates their appeal.

Major libraries and museums worldwide are starting to use social media technologies such as blogs, wikis and content shares to engage visitors and communities of interest in an ongoing relationship. It looks like social media are here to stay – so what do you need to know about them?

This event will raise some of the major issues in the field, as well as demonstrate best practice and state of the art initiatives. A varied and informative agenda will benefit management, curators, archivists, librarians, technologists and public program executives.

Our international speakers will run masterclasses around some current online projects at the Ontario Science Center and Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. The main conference features four sessions designed to build knowledge around current and future implications of social media in the cultural institution. Findings from the event will inform a number of articles in MGnsw’s quarterly publication ‘The MAG’.

The Social Media and Cultural Communication Conference 2008 is presented by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation; with the support of Museums & Galleries NSW; the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales; the Museum of Sydney; and the Australian Museum.

Bookings
Main conference registration: $149.00 AU per person
Earlybird rate for main conference rego received prior to 19 Dec 2007: $134.00 AU per person
HHT member and FT student rate: $134.00 AU per person

Masterclass registration: $49.00 AU per person per class
No concession available for masterclasses.
Masterclasses only available to delegates registered for main conference.

To register your interest contact:
Museums & Galleries NSW
ph 02 9358 1760
freecall 1800 114 311 (regional NSW)
info@mgnsw.org.au
www.mgnsw.org.au