Info day at Patras (06.11.2017)

The DAISSy Research Group of the Hellenic Open University organizes an Info day entitled: “Museums, Skills and New Perspectives in the digital era” on Monday 06 November 2017, from 15:00 to 20:00 in the building of Library and Information Center of the Hellenic Open University, in Patras, Greece (street Patron - Clauss 183). Aim of the Info day is the identification of the created needs of the professionals of culture and museum due to the quickening pa...

Mu.SA project in the ICOM Greece 2017 Annual Bulletin

Mu.SA project is presented in the ICOM Greece 2017 Annual Bulletin, published in printed and digital format. The article by Artemis Stamatelou, (ICOM Greece) titled “The project Mu.SA: Museum Sector Alliance and the role of ICOM Hellenic National Committee” introduces the main goals of the project and highlights the role that ICOM Greece plays in it, according to its mission to support the development of museum professionals. Read more here.

Ten steps to managing change

Ten steps to managing change Notes From the Mu.SA Conference in Rome On a warm Italian midsummer day, the Link Campus University hosted the Mu.SA project conference Re-designing Museums: Digital skills for change and innovation. The aim of this conference in Rome was to discuss the results of the research findings on digital competences for museums summarised in a Decalogue. Ten points identified in this document not only concern museum sector, but also

Mu.SA Conference at Rome (Italy)

Re-designing museums. Digital skills for change and innovation” LINK CAMPUS UNIVERSITY – ROME The museum world is constantly undergoing change and transformation, whether in response to economic, technological, social and cultural trends or professional advances. For museums to become the agents of change adequate professional development is crucial. Museum professionals should be equipped with the appropriate skill-sets needed to respond to the ever-cha

Museum professionals in the digital era – Agents of change and innovation

The museum world is constantly undergoing change and transformation, whether in response to economic, technological, social and cultural trends or professional advances. Museums are no longer the closed systems they used to be in the twentieth-century. Present day museums are increasingly becoming parts of a wider system of relationships, creating frameworks that multiply opportunities for wider participation, accessibility and exchange. Rapid technologica

CELDA 2017 – Call for papers

The CELDA conference aims to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a fast pace and affecting academia and professional practice in many ways. Paradigms such as just-in-time learning, constructivism...

2017 – ICE-Conference

Workshop on Advances on Digital Cultural Heritage In recent years, the use of digital approaches has seen rapid progress in many different areas, including cultural heritage applications. The goal of this unique workshop is to present a selection of recent advances, some of which are already used in the cultural heritage domain while others have a high potential for it. Therefore, the selected papers will take into account how these current novel digita

Tenth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum – Call For Paper

Each year the International Conference on the Inclusive Museum draws a diverse group of participants from all over the world. Our Program Development team draws on this diversity to craft a rich and distinctive conference experience. The conference program groups together presentations along similar themes to facilitate knowledge sharing and community building. 2017 Call for Proposals The International Conference on the Inclusive Museum invites proposal

Report: Museum of the future

What will happen to museums when digital technology shows its full potential? What features will the museum of the future have? How will it seize the opportunities offered by digital innovation? What competencies does this industry need to keep museums relevant from the twentieth century to the present? To understand what role the digital driver is playing in the modernization of the industry, we asked these questions to ten internationally renowned Europe...