Museums and the Web
An annual conference exploring the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line.
First Impressions
Abstract
We will bring together museum technology professionals who have made a job change since the MW community last gathered in April 2010. In a lively roundtable discussion, the group will offer first impressions of their new posts; consider how leaving one job and starting another may have influenced their thinking about their former positions; and discuss the different ways in which technology, change, innovation, and collaboration are approached in their past and present worlds. Participants will offer their thoughts on the interview and hiring process and examine the ways in which it forced them to characterize and communicate their talents, skills, history, goals, and outlooks. Though the session will provide a fun peek at the experiences of friends and colleagues, it should also serve as a serious meditation on the nature of change in a fast-evolving job market and offer several useful case studies by peers who have recently chosen to pursue a new challenge.
Susan Chun will serve as session moderator; participants include Bruce Wyman (currently Director of Creative Development, Second Story Interactive Studios); Christina DePaolo (currently Director of New Media, Balboa Park Online Collaborative); Koven Smith (currently Director of Technology, Denver Art Museum); others are welcome to contribute.
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Authors
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Susan Chun is a researcher and consultant to cultural heritage organizations specializing in publishing; intellectual property policy and open content initiatives; information management; visualization; advanced search strategies; and multilingual content development and management. She leads... |
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Before returning to independent consulting, Bruce was at Second Story Interactive Studios as Director of Creative Development. As a key member of the studio's leadership team, he provided strategy, vision, and leadership for the studio’s creative output. The position established new initiatives and... |
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Christina DePaolo in Director of New Media at the Balboa Park Online Collaborative (BPOC) where she is heading up a large-scale collections online project, as well as managing Drupal website production, collections digitization, and in-gallery interpretive efforts for over 15 of the Balboa Park... |
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Koven J. Smith is the Director of Technology at the Denver Art Museum, where he directs technology itself. For over a decade, Koven's primary focus, whether at DAM, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or the Indianapolis Museum of Art, has been to make technology in museums not be terrible. Koven has... |