Call for papers--ICOM/CIDOC Annual Conference--addendum

"Knowledge management and museums"
ICOM International Committee for Documentation (CIDOC)
Annual Conference
Sibiu, Romania
September 4-9 2011

Please note that the deadline for submitting proposals for papers,
or other format, is extended to May 15, 2011.

The theme for the CIDOC 2011 conference is "Knowledge Management and
museums". Museum Documentation is a far more wide spread area of
work, including both museological and technical aspects.

Knowledge management is a buzz word with great impact on many
sectors of society today. Museums will have a lot lo learn from KM
initiatives in other fields. Museums have been been experimenting
with KM for a long time, even if hasn't been labelled as such. Early
adoption of databases, documentation standards development,
classification schemes and old card boxes are all tools helping
museums to tell stories, and to save and share memories. Today's KM
tools and techniques are widening the input and output fields and
increasing the situations where information is turned into
knowledge. KM will also have an impact on the audiences using museum
knowledge-both internal and external. The value of better
information and knowledge management is of great importance for all
heritage institutions.

Theme of the CIDOC conference of 2011 will of course welcome a wide
range of contributions-not only limited to technical subjects or
strictly KM based projects. Discussing strategies for information
spread as well as sharing experiences from everyday processes or
projects are of great value. We challenge you all to share your
museum documentation focused experiences in Sibiu, Romania in
September 4-9, 2011.

All suggestions should be sent to Iulia Mesea, Conference
Coordinator. See further information in the Call for Contributions
at <URL:http://cidoc2011.brukenthalmuseum.eu>

Even if you don't want to make a presentation yourself, you are
still welcome to participate in the conference. Please check the
conference web site for registration details.

Iulia Mesea
Conference Coordinator


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