Professional Development & Workshops
This page lists professional development workshops being held around the state that may be of interest to museum professionals.
If you have a workshop you would like listed, please email the following address with your request to Richard Prouty .
Workshops are listed as a courtesy and a service to museums and museum professionals. These listings in no way reflect CAMA's endorsement.
The University of Arizona
School of Information Resources and Library Sciences
Announces
Digital Information Mangement Certification Program
The University of Arizona Digital Information Management (DigIn) online graduate certificate program has been awarded a prestigious grant of over $900,000 from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, primarily to fund scholarships.
The DigIn curriculum combines intensive, hands-on technology learning with a thorough grounding in the theoretical principles needed to manage large and complex digital collections.
The program takes a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to managing digital information and is designed to support a wide range of career paths, especially involving libraries, museums, archives, and records management.
Graduate certificates are increasingly being recognized as a means for professionals with advanced degrees to update their knowledge and skills. DigIn also offers a path for those with undergraduate degrees who are interested in digital collections but who may not yet be ready to commit to a full degree program.
The grant will also greatly boost DigIn's mission to foster disciplinary, institutional, geographic, and cultural diversity in the management of digital collections and services.
Thus, DigIn strongly encourages scholarship applicants representing historically underserved institutions, regions, and communities, as well as students expressing interest in working with digital collections in culturally diverse settings.
DigIn is now accepting applications for admission and financial aid for the Fall 2009 semester. The application deadline has just been extended to July 10.
Late applications will be accepted, though Fall admission cannot be guaranteed once the July 10 deadline has passed. Late applicants will also be considered for admission in the Spring 2010 semester.
The program is delivered entirely online and does not require students to reside in or travel to Tucson. Students generally complete the certificate in 4-6 semesters (15-27 months).
DigIn was founded in 2007 with major funding from Institute of Museum and Library Services, the primary source of federal support for the nation?s 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas.
Our current partners also include the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the Sedona Conference.
Additional details on the program including course descriptions, admissions requirements and application forms may be found on the program website:
Prospective applicants are also welcome to contact the DigIn staff at: digin@email.arizona.edu
Click here to see the DigIn brochure.
SAVE THE DATE
The 32nd Annual Southwest Arts Conference
Safety, Sustainability: The Future is No Accident
August 13 and 14, 2009
Carefree Resorts and Villas
The 32nd annual Southwest Arts Conference will take place on Thursday and Friday, August 13 and 14, 2009.
This year’s conference will take place outside of the Phoenix city core at the beautiful and relaxing Carefree Resort and Villas. We hope this change of venue allows for more of a focused learning experience for participants. More information related to room rates and conference registration will be available in spring.
SWAC 2009 will focus on the theme, “Safety/Sustainability/The Future is No Accident,” and will address the economic crisis and its effect on the arts and education sectors, and the fact that within the tumult there are terrific opportunities. Using the old civic slogan as a departure point – “safety is no accident” – the conference will address preparedness and sustainability but move beyond, into discovering opportunity within the current economic realities and constructing a prosperous future.
The conference will also address some of the following: safety for individual artists; crisis/disaster preparedness for individuals and organizations; thoughtful, practical and visionary planning; formal and informal sharing of resources; new models for organizational structure; and new realities for public and private funding for the arts.
We want to hear from you. Do you have ideas for conference sessions? You can participate in the development of the conference content.
Submit a completed application form and session proposal by Monday, February 16, 2009 (postmark deadline).
Instructions and Application Form are posted on the Commission website, at http://www.azarts.gov/swac/index.htm.
