DISH2009 aims at sharing knowledge about and experiences with digital strategies. What roles do cultural heritage institutions have in a networked society? What is the impact of digitisation on these organisations? Why are certain digital services more successful than others? Which business models
are suited to the cultural heritage sector? Why would archives, museums and libraries co-operate? These are some of the questions that will be addressed in keynotes, presentations, debates and workshops.
How can you contribute?
The Programme Committee seeks contributions from professionals in archives, museums, libraries and
other heritage institutions and from researchers or innovators outside the heritage field. The contribution can be a paper presentation (max. 25 minutes) or a workshop (either 2 hours or half
day).
If you would like to contribute to the conference, please submit a proposal, which consists of an abstract (max. 400 words in English) and a short bio, before 15 June 2009. We welcome any contributions that are based on research or experience and that “look beyond the hypes”. The abstract should address how heritage institutions have responded or should respond to changes triggered by ICT. Further instructions are available on the online Conference Proposal Submission Form at dish2009.nl
The paper or workshop should address one of the following main conference topics:
Strategies for innovation
• Digital heritage in mash-ups
• Enhanced interoperability
• Access to cultural heritage through visualisation (3d, gaming etc.)
• From secured playgrounds into the open web
• Open everything (standards, source, ID etc.)
• Services and tools: always in a beta stage?
Strategies for collaboration
• Opportunities for on line collaboration
• The value of interdisciplinary co-operation (culture, science and business)
• The relevance of national and regional portals
• User involvement
• The role of the creative industries
Strategies for the unwired future
• Heritage on mobile devices
• Culture on the map / Geoweb
• Locative media
• Interfacing for crossmedia
Business strategies
• New roles versus old roles
• Understanding use patterns
• Changing perspectives on collections
• Hybrid business models
• Achieving sustainability and permanent access
• From crowd sourcing to crowd funding
• Cost reduction through shared services
• Restrictions and opportunities through IPR
Management strategies
• Creating favorable conditions for innovation
• The impact of the digital front office on the back office
• Managing your digital assets
• Measuring your digital collections
• Investing in staff competencies
Who is organising DISH2009?
DISH2009 builds on a series of successful national conferences on digital heritage in the Netherlands
(2004-2008). The main organisers of the conference are the Netherlands Institute for Heritage and
the DEN foundation. The Programme Committee consists of representatives from Europeana, the
Association of European Research Libraries LIBER, the Flemish interface centre for cultural heritage
FARO, Virtueel Platform (Netherlands Sector Institute for e-culture) and the EU-project PrestoPrime. A
group of experts across the globe advices the Programme Committee. See dish2009.nl for more
information.
Who benefits from DISH2009?
The conference will be for all staff of cultural heritage institutions that are responsible for policy issues and/or management of digital collections and services. The conference will enable participants to learn more about strategic decisions on all aspects of digital heritage services.