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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
February 24, 2010
Are you UpNext?
Share your thoughts on the Future of Museums and Libraries Wiki
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
invites you to help invent the future of museums and libraries through
your participation in UpNext: The Future
of Museums and Libraries Wiki. IMLS’s first-ever
wiki is a platform where individuals inside and outside of museums,
libraries, and related fields can discuss, dissect, expand, and inform
the issues outlined in
the Future of
Museums and Libraries: A Discussion Guide. IMLS
will use the knowledge shared in the wiki to help shape the agency’s
strategic plan, research directions, publications, convenings, and grant
making. The wiki will be officially launched March 3, but is open for registration now.
In these tough economic times, strategic thinking is a
wise investment in the future. Whether you work in, partner with, study,
volunteer, visit or are just plain interested in museums and libraries
and passionate about how they can continue to thrive in their service to
the public—you have an opinion to be shared!
The wiki will be an opportunity to share resources,
examples of what works, and vexing questions. We hope that it will
be a thought provoking five weeks for all participants and provide
food for thought for your career, your institution and the choices you face.
Nine discussion themes and one theme on next steps will
each be featured on the wiki for a two-week period, introduced by expert
discussion leaders. The themes and discussion leaders include:
March 3-16 |
1. Changing Definitions & Roles of Museums and Libraries
Martín Gómez, City Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library
2. Shifts in Power & Authority
Cassie Chinn, Deputy Executive Director, Wing Luke Asian Museum
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March 17-30 |
3. Museums & Libraries as the “Third Place”
Susan Hildreth, City Librarian, Seattle Public Library
4. Technology & Policy Development
John Wilkin, Associate University Librarian for Library Information
Technology (LIT), University of Michigan, Executive Director of HathiTrust
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March 31-April 13 |
5. 21st Century Learning & Information Use
Tom Scheinfeldt, Managing Director for Center for History and New
Media at George Mason University, OMEKA Project Director
6. New Models & Structures for Collaboration
Mark Wright, Director of Partnerships, National Children's Museum
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April 14-27 |
7. Planning for a Sustainable Future
Emlyn Koster, President & CEO, Liberty Science Center
8. Metrics for Evaluating Service & Impact
John Fraser, Director, Institute for Learning Innovation-New York
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April 28-May 12 |
9. The 21st Century Museum & Library Workforce
Joanne Marshall, Alumni Distinguished Professor, School of Information
and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10. UpNext: Where Do We Go From Here?
Larry Johnson, CEO, The New Media Consortium
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May 19 |
Last official “Wiki Wednesday” IMLS will
post wiki final summary. |
Each theme will have a unique wiki page describing the theme and posing questions for discussion. Wiki users will be able to respond and comment on the questions, as well as pose new questions and thoughts particular to that theme.
Wiki users will also be able to build a collaborative bibliography on the wiki and share existing projects at their own institutions or others, which are relevant to the discussion themes. A unique page will also exist for educators and students to share how the wiki, the Discussion Guide, and other resources on the future of museums and libraries are or can be used in professional education.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the wiki or the Discussion Guide, please feel free to contact Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov or Erica Pastore, epastore@imls.gov.
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