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Maxwell L. Anderson’s Plenary Address at MW2009

Posted by Pete on April 19, 2009 at 4:13 pm.

IMA Director Maxwell L. Anderson’s address at the Museums and the Web 2009 conference, Moving from Virtual to Visceral. The video is a little over an hour long and well worth watching just because of the mass of inspirational ideas one can take from it.

Mr. Anderson also quotes newcurator.com around minute 41 and shows the post about the Powerhouse Museum putting its collection documentation under Creative Commons licenses.

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James G. Leventhal says:

19 April, 2009 at 4:44 pm

well done! wish I coulda been there. am about 1/2 way thru my viewing…give us all a heads up when you here about a transcript, can you?
Mia says:

20 April, 2009 at 12:52 am

I’m not sure if it’s rude to post a link to my own blog here, and I’m sure there’ll be more comprehensive accounts of the plenary online as people get a chance to catch up after the conference, but in the meantime I’ve posted rough notes at http://openobjects.blogspot.com/2009/04/max-anderson-indianapolis-museum-of-art.html

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Maxwell L. Anderson’s Plenary Address at MW2009

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