[Bcma-l] [Fwd: Reminder: MW2008 Proposal Deadline: Sept. 30, 2007]

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Subject: 	Reminder: MW2008 Proposal Deadline: Sept. 30, 2007
Date: 	Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:37:01 -0400
From: 	Museums and the Web 2008 <mw2008@archimuse.com>



MW2008 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Deadline September 30, 2007.

   Museums and the Web 2008
   the international conference for culture and heritage on-line
   April 9 - 12, 2008
   Montreal, Quebec, Canada
   http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/

Museums and the Web addresses the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line. Taking an international perspective, the MW program reviews and analyzes the issues and impacts of networked cultural, natural and scientific heritage.

Proposals are invited from professionals and researchers in all areas actively exploring the creation, on-line presentation and use of cultural, scientific and heritage content, and its re-use and evaluation.

MW is very international; the 2007 conference welcomed over 800 delegates from more than 30 countries. Full details are available on the conference web site at http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/

The bibliography of past papers (all on-line since 1997) can be searched at http://conference.archimuse.com/researchForum/


* PROPOSAL FORM *
On-line proposal submission is required. Use the form at http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/papers/mw2008.proposal.form.html

Please co-ordinate your proposals with your collaborators. Multiple proposals about the same project will not be accepted. 

Proposals are peer-reviewed individually by an International Program Committee; full sessions are rarely accepted. Proposals for sessions should be submitted as individual papers with a covering note. The committee may choose to accept some papers and not others.


* DEADLINES *

Proposals are due September 30, 2007
 -  for papers, workshops, mini-workshops + professional forums (written paper required by Jan. 30, 2008)

Proposals are due December 31, 2007
 - for demonstrations (written paper optional)

* FURTHER DETAILS? *

Review the MW2008 Call for Participation on-line at 
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/pdfs/mw2008-call.pdf 

Contact the MW2008 Conference Co-Chairs
David Bearman + Jennifer Trant , Archives & Museum Informatics
mw2008@archimuse.com

We hope to see you in Montreal.

jennifer and David

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Jennifer Trant and David Bearman
Co-Chairs: Museums and the Web 2008	produced by
April 9 - 12, 2008, Montreal, PQ		Archives & Museum Informatics
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/	158 Lee Avenue
email: mw2008@archimuse.com		Toronto, Ontario, Canada
phone +1 416 691 2516 | fax +1 416 352-6025

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Museums and the Web 2008 is presented in conjunction with the
Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) and Canadian Culture Online (CCO).