Maureen Burns, instructor
Part I: Friday, March 24th
Part II: Friday, March 31st
12-2 pm EDT (both days)
Workshop fee: $50
Workshop Description
Cultural Heritage professionals are finding new, mutually beneficial ways to work together to develop their resources. In this workshop, we will discuss:
Improving discovery and broader access to digital resources
Collaboration and partnerships between units to further common goals
Current emphasis on institution-wide and inter-institutional work
How collaborating can provide learning opportunities, expand job scope & develop professional skills
Expanding networks through collaborative research and projects
Real world examples of projects that have proven successful
This workshop will provide concrete strategies for building stronger professional collaborations by exploring the benefits and barriers to creating collaborations and offering specific techniques to build successful partnerships.
About the Instructor
Maureen Burns is an information professional with over 35 years of experience developing and managing teaching resources of analog and digital images at UC Irvine, the Getty Villa, and CSULB. Presently working on a consulting basis through IMAGinED, she is the sales representative for Archivision/vrcHost, technical consultant on the CSU Archives Japanese American Digitization project, and participating in other image-focused and educational work. Burns’ degrees are in History, Art History, and Education. She recently completed 7 years of work on a NSF-funded arts and science integration UCI teacher training program and continues as the production editor for the electronic Journal for Learning through the Arts. She is active in the Visual Resources Association participating in the work of VRA’s Awards and Financial Advisory Committees and is also a past VRA president, past director of the VRA Foundation, past editor of the VRA Bulletin, and past chair of the VRA’s Southern California Chapter.