We’ve worked with Henry Stewart Events to provide a £100 discount on tickets to DAM Europe 2014 – The Art and Practice of Managing Digital Media. They’re also interested in hearing from any of our members with real world case studies about digital media systems – if you have useful experiences to share, get in […]
Proposed MCG Constitution version 2.2 The bulk of the changes proposed have to do with the introduction of an ‘Advisory Board’. Other changes reflect current practices when there are more nominations than vacancies for Committee positions. We’ve also taken out specific prices for membership and replaced it with general pricing structure as agreed by a […]
I thought I’d post my notes for the Chair’s Welcome to UK Museums on the Web: UKMW12 ‘Strategically Digital’, partly because it gives me a chance to re-thank everyone who helped make UKMW12 such a fantastic event. In the same spirit of sharing and transparency we’ll also post reports from the AGM. “Hi, I’m Mia […]
As is usual this year’s Museums Computer Group AGM will take place at the UK Museums on the Web conference on 30 November at the Wellcome Collection, 12.20-12.50pm. Full details of the AGM can be found below. The AGM will include the election of nominees to the Committee. If you would be interested in being […]
Update: now the conference is over, we’re collecting event reports at ‘UKMW12 round-up’. The Museums Computer Group’s annual Museums on the Web conference – UKMW12 – will be held at the Wellcome Collection in London on 30 November 2012. The theme for UKMW12 is ‘strategically digital’. Responding to the issues faced by museums today, UKMW12 […]
A nice mention of the MCG’s UK Museums on the Web in Time magazine, ‘Un-Stuffy Museum: The Louvre Goes High-Tech with Video-Console Guides‘: “…partnerships are valuable as technology evolves faster than any museum alone can follow. At conferences like MuseumNext in Barcelona or Museums and the Web in the U.K. and U.S., institutions from around […]
The MCG is approaching its 30th anniversary as a group (which personally feels pretty impressive in these times of constant change). The world has changed quite a bit since we thought about MCG@25 in 2007, so the MCG Committee felt the approach of the group’s 30th anniversary is a good prompt to revisit past discussions […]
At UK Museums and the Web I suggested and the floor agreed that we should do something to support museums and other institutions facing cuts. Below is the statement I suggested we authored as a community which institutions can use in any advocacy campaigns they may be mounting. It needs your input so PLEASE edit/comment/amend […]
Over the past few months, we’ve been working away behind the scenes on a new Museums Computer Group website. Probably the first thing you’ll notice is that we’ve re-designed – new colours, new logo and a new look and feel.
From ‘Archive 1996 – what were we up to 20 years ago?’, the Spring 1986 meeting item ‘Genus Index’. GENUS INDEX The RBG Genus Index is a database of genus names showing their validity and relation to other genus names, and the family they are in, all as perceived by RBG. It is written in […]