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'''Archives & Museum Informatics''' is a company based in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]] (and previously [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], [[USA]]), that organizes [[conference]]s, and undertakes consulting, [[publishing]] and [[training]] in the field of [[cultural heritage]], especially for [[museum]]s.
The company organizes the annual ''[[Museums and the Web]]'' and ICHIM (''[[International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting]]'') conferences. It publishes conference [[proceedings]], educational materials, research reports and [[article]]s. It organizes [[workshop]]s and [[seminar]]s on the management of [[electronic record]]s, [[Digital library|virtual libraries]] and [[archive]]s, [[multimedia]] and [[interactive publishing]], [[intellectual property]] management and [[Data (computing)|electronic information]] standards. Residential seminars are organized on [[Grindstone Island, Canada|Grindstone Island]], [[Big Rideau Lake]], in the [[Rideau Canal]] System. The company offers consultancy for [[archives]], [[museums]], [[libraries]] and [[cultural heritage]] organizations relating to [[information technology]] issues.
As a member of the ''[[steve.museum]]'' steering committee, Archives & Museum Informatics is spearheading an experiment in art museum digital image [[cataloging]] by allowing the public to introduce new search-terms to the formal [[catalog]].
Archives & Museum Informatics is led by David Bearman and Jennifer Trant. The latter is Editor-in-Chief of the associated ''[[Archives and Museum Informatics]]'' journal published by [[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]].<ref>[http://www.springerlink.com/content/1042-1467 Archives and Museum Informatics], [[SpringerLink]], 5 April 2002.</ref>
==Museums and the Web==
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Archives & Museum Informatics organizes the '''Museums and the Web''' international conference.<ref>David Bearman and Jennifer Trant, [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-0033.00225 Interactivity comes of age: Museums and the World Wide Web],
''[[Museum International]]'', 51(4):20–24, 1999. {{DOI|10.1111/1468-0033.00225}}</ref><ref>Online: Museums and the Web 2003 conference. ''[[New Heritage]]'', 03.03, June 2003.</ref>
The conference considers the interdisciplinary [[museology|museological]] field of how [[museum]]s and their users can benefit from the use of the [[World Wide Web]].
== ICHIM ==
The annual '''International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting''' conference ('''ICHIM''') is organized by [[Archives & Museums Informatics]].<ref>[http://www.ichim.org/ ICHIM conference series website]</ref><ref>[http://www.archimuse.com/conferences/ichim.html Links to past ICHIM papers]</ref>
It is normally held in [[Europe]], especially [[Paris]], and covers [[digital culture]] and [[cultural heritage|heritage]].
== See also ==
* ''[[Archives and Museum Informatics]]'' journal
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.archimuse.com/ Company website]
* [http://www.archimuse.com/publishing/archives.html Archives publications online]
* [http://www.archimuse.com/publishing/museums.html Museum publications online]
* [http://www.archimuse.com/conferences/mw.html Conference series website]
* [http://www.archimuse.com/search.html Search papers]
* [http://www.archimuse.com/conferences/speakers_list.html Speakers list]
* [http://conference.archimuse.com/ Museums and the Web On-line] community site
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