WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World
Since 2000, the WebWise conference has brought together representatives of museums, libraries, archives, systems science, education, and other fields interested in the future of high-quality online content for inquiry and learning. This annual conference highlights recent research and innovations in digital technology, explores their potential impacts on library and museum services, and promotes effective museum and library practices in the digital environment. It also provides recipients of technology-based grants from the Institute with an opportunity to showcase their exemplary projects.
WebWise 2012: Tradition and Innovation
Registration is now open for the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ (IMLS) WebWise Conference, which will take place February 29th-March 2nd at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace in Baltimore, MD. Visit Web site.
Previous WebWise Conferences
WebWise 2011: Libraries, Museums, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) in Research, Education, and Practice
March 9-11, 2011
WebWise 2010: Imagining the Digital Future
March 3-5, 2010
WebWise 2009: Digital Debates
February 25-27, 2009
WebWise 2008: WebWise 2.0: The Power of Community
March 5-8, 2008
WebWise 2007: Stewardship in the Digital Age: Managing Museum and Library Collections for Preservation and Use
March 1-2, 2007
WebWise 2006: Inspiring Discovery, Unlocking Collections
February 15-17, 2006
WebWise 2005: Libraries and Museums in the Digital World
February 17-18, 2005
WebWise 2004: Sharing Digital Resources
March 2004
Additional WebWise content on the IMLS Web site:
May 15, 2012 10:53 AM
Back by popular demand! Join IMLS, Heritage Preservation and panelists from WebWise to discuss “Sharing Public History Work: Crowdsourcing Data” and “Oral History in the Digital Age.”
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March 22, 2012 06:49 AM
The Institute of Museum and Library Services today posted the webcast of WebWise 2012
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January 6, 2012 12:38 PM
Registration is now open for the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ (IMLS) WebWise Conference, which will take place February 29th-March 2nd at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace in Baltimore, MD. Today conference organizers announced that actor and literacy champion LeVar Burton has been chosen as one of the keynote speakers. Burton will speak on the morning of March 1.
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May 25, 2012 11:24 AM
Sharpen your skills this summer with two free professional development opportunities that explore innovative uses of technology to enhance public engagement in research and oral history programs.
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April 24, 2012 10:37 AM
Participants in WebWise 2012 discuss the projects they demoed there.
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March 2, 2012 01:46 PM
Before wowing the audience at WebWise 2012, Fugazi's Ian MacKaye sat down with a few IMLS staff members. Read IMLS Senior Graphic Designer and Webmaster (and Fugazi fan) Ellen Arnold Losey's reflections on meeting one of her indie rock heroes, and watch an excerpt from a video interview.
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The 2011 WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World was held in Baltimore, March 9-11, with preconferences on the 9th and the main conference on the 10th and 11th. The theme for the 2011 conference was “Libraries, Museums, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) in Research, Education, and Practice.”
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The 2010 WebWise Conference was held March 4-5, at the Hyatt Regency, Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado with a day of pre-conference workshops on March 3. The theme was "Imagining the Digital Future." Conference programs addressed the successes and innovations of the past as well as the opportunities and challenges that can help drive museum and library sciences into the future.
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The 10th annual WebWise Conference was held in Washington, D.C., February 26-27, 2009. The conference focused on some of the problematic “Big Issues” faced by museums, libraries, archives, and other cultural institutions as they deal with emerging technologies, changing social behaviors and expectations, and new economic realities.The Proceedings Book provides summaries of each session, full text of conference keynotes, and more.
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March 22, 2012 12:00 AM
WebWise 2012 took up the theme of “Tradition and Innovation,” investigating how libraries and museums have used digital technologies to help scholars, students, educators, and the general public understand history and the humanities. This year’s conference took special note of the unique contributions that historical societies, public libraries, and other small and local organizations make to humanities scholarship and education.
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April 15, 2011 12:00 AM
The 2011 WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World was held in Baltimore, MD, March 9-11. The theme was Libraries, Museums, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) in Education, Learning, and Research.
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April 1, 2010 12:00 AM
The 2010 WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World was held March 3-5 at the Hyatt Regency at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. This year's conference was co-hosted by the University of Denver and the Denver Art Museum, and the theme was "Imagining the Digital Future."
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