WebWise 2004: Sharing Digital Resources

Conference Papers and Resources

Web-Wise 2004 was sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and co-hosted by University of Illinois at Chicgao. This year's theme was "Sharing Digital Resources," focusing on the different meanings and implications of “sharing” in the digital environment—from technical issues of interoperability to the formation of new partnerships to reach larger audiences. Held on March 3-5 in Chicago the conference was attended by over 200 participants involved in the creation and use of digital resources, including library, museum and archives professionals, computer scientists, educators and learners.

To further extend the benefit of this conference, IMLS presents here the papers from presenters at the conference. The papers are reprinted with the kind permission of the authors and First Monday, and first appeared in the May, 2004 issue of First Monday (volume 9, number 5) at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5.

Wednesday, 3 March

Keynote at The Field Museum
John McCarter

Keynote address at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/mccarter/index.html

Thursday, 4 March

Welcome and Opening Remarks
R. Michael Tanner, University of Illinois at Chicago
Robert Martin, U.S. Intitute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)

Keynote Address: Technology and The Future of Learning
Tom DeFanti, University of Illinois at Chicago

Keynote video at http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/systems/webwise2004/keynote.ram You will need the RealPlayer viewer to watch this video.

Session One: Virtual Cities
Nancy R. John (Chair of Session), University of Illinois at Chicago

Imaging Pittsburgh: Creating a shared gateway to digital image collections of the Pittsburgh region
Edward A. Galloway, University of Pittsburgh

Ephemeral Cities of Florida
Erich Kesse, University of Florida

Manhattan in 4D
Carol Willis and Max Joel, Skyscraper Museum

Session One video at http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/systems/webwise2004/session1.ram

Session Two: Who Are Our Audiences and Partners?
Bill Barnett (Chair of Session), The Field Museum

Rethinking the Virtual Museum: Museums in Time and Space
Jean–Marc Blais, Canadian Heritage Information Network

The power and problems of public media
David B. Liroff, WGBH, Boston
(Paper available at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/liroff/index.html)

Partnerships for Free–choice Learning: Libraries, Museums and Broadcasters Working Together
Joey Rodger, Urban Libraries Council

Session Two video at http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/systems/webwise2004/session2.ram

Project Demonstration
CAMEO: A free Internet reference on materials used in the production and conservation of historic and artistic works
Michele Derrick, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Paper available at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/derrick/index.html

Session Three: Building the Digital Infrastructure
Sayeed Choudhury (Chair of Session), Johns Hopkins University

DSpace, an Institutional Repository System
MacKenzie Smith, MIT

Choosing the components of a digital infrastructure
Tim DiLauro, Johns Hopkins University
(Paper available at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/dilauro/index.html)

Perspectives on the Emerging Digital Infrastructure
Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information

Session Three video at http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/systems/webwise2004/session3.ram

Friday, 5 March

Session Four: Museum and Library Partnerships for Power: New Developments in Museums and Implications for Libraries
Alice Calabrese–Berry (Chair of Session), Chicago/Suburban Library Systems

Building semantic bridges between museums, libraries and archives: The CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model
Tony Gill, ARTStor
(Paper available at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/gill/index.html)

The role of museums in online teaching, learning, and research
Kenneth Hamma, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
(Paper available at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/hamma/index.html)

What Clicks? Audience Research and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Jim Ockuly, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Session Four video not currently available.

Session Five: The Road Ahead: Future Directions and Funding Considerations
Robert Martin (Chair of Session), IMLS

Can technology make the recommendations of learning science practical and affordable?
Henry Kelly, Federation of American Scientists

Community Partnerships in Action
Julieanna Richardson, The HistoryMakers, Chicago
(Paper available at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/kelly/index.html)

Building on success, forging new ground: The question of sustainability
Don Waters, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
(Paper available at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/waters/index.html)

Session Five video at http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/systems/webwise2004/session5.ram

Session Six: On My Mind: Reflections from the Community
Joyce Ray (Chair of Session), IMLS

Commentary on WebWise
Amy Philipson, ResearchChannel, Seattle

On My Mind: Commentary on WebWise
Bill Barnett, The Field Museum
(Paper available at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/barnett/index.html)

Commentary on WebWise
Bernard Reilly, Center for Research Libraries, Chicago

Lessons from the Silurian: On digitization and the human element
Edward J. Valauskas, Chicago Botanic Garden
(Paper available at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/valauskas/index.html)

Session Six video at http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/systems/webwise2004/session6.ram