Great Minds Gather At Smithsonian 2.0
Over the weekend, the Smithsonian Institution assembled a group of more than 30 Internet and new media experts as well as curators, scientists and administrators to explore how they can make the museums' vast collections, educational resources, and staff more accessible, engaging, and useful to younger generations. "This is about a transformation -- going from a condition where 137 million objects are hardly ever seen by the public to one where they're seen by anybody who has access to the Web," Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough said in a videotaped welcome message.
Guests included Microsoft's James Bernard; Digital Library Foundation Executive Director Peter Brantley; MySpace Senior Vice President Allen Hurff; Facebook Associate Account Manager Jeff Kanter; Target.com Vice President Pete Kocks; Sun Microsystems Chief Gaming Officer Chris Melissinos; CD Baby founder Derek Sivers and a number of other top tech thinkers from industry and academia. Their charge was try to identify how to move the Smithsonian forward toward a "Smithsonian 2.0." About 24 million visitors come through the Smithsonian's doors annually but an estimated 175 million visit on the Internet. Read more about the event here.
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