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ABM conference 2010

The theme of this year’s conference asks what role archive, library and museum institutions ought to play in societal development.

The ABM conference is aimed at leaders and employees in the archive, library and museum sector, and at local, regional and national decision makers. The conference will consist of two plenary sessions and five parallel sessions. Participants include both national and international speakers.

When: Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th October 2010

Where: Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Sonja Henies Plass 3, Oslo

Programme in Norwegian / Program på norsk

Programme

Monday 11. october 2010

10.00-12.30: Plenary session

The social role of archive, library and museum institutions
The social role of archive, library and museum institutions Stein Slyngstad, director, ABM-utvikling The role of museums in society David Fleming, Director of National Museums Liverpool The Stasi Archives - History, tasks and challenges Dr. Karsten Jedlitschka, Head of division of the principle department, Die Bundesbeauftragte für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen DDR
12.30-14.00 Lunch

14.00-17.00 Parallel sessions

Archives and power	Do we know our users?	Free the collections
14.00–14.50 Archives and power Anna Svenson, Director of municipal archives, Malmö City Archives 14.50–15.10 Society’s stepchildren Kjersti Ericsson, professor, Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of Oslo Break 15.30 –16.15 Children of the Nation – About the children Norway took away to cleanse the country of Romanies Bernt Eide, lecturer, Oslo University College, and Harald Marthinsen 16.15–16.45 Privacy protection or right of inspection? Who is protected? Knut B. Kaspersen, section director, Data Inspectorate	14.00–14.40 What are museums for? National user survey for Danish museums Ole Winther, office manager, Heritage Agency of Denmark 14.40–15.00 Who are they and where do they go? User behaviour in large libraries. What has the study achieved? Anne Kristin Undlien, chief librarian, Kristiansand public library Break What happens when the users are given a say? Problem: what happens when institutions are users have different interests? 15.30–16.30 If we ask, do we have to listen? David Spence, Director of Programmes, Museum of London Docklands, Museum of London	14.00–14.40 Europeana – The key to it all Nick Poole Chairman of the Europeana Council of Content Providers 14.45–15.15 Europeana Local - Norwegian collections in a European perspective Gunnar Urtegaard, departmental director, Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority Break 15.35–16.30 Cultural travel - Maps, culture and tourism Jørn Holme, Directorate of Cultural Heritage

19.30: Reception and dinner

Tuesday 12 October 2010

09.00-11.30: Parallel sessions

Chuck out the shit! The place and status of collections	Free the collections – for real
09.00–10.00 Do Museums still Need Objects? Steven Conn, Professor, Ohio State University 10.00–10.30 The place of the collection in the museum is ....? Kathrin Pabst, conservator, Vest-Agder Museum, Kristiansand Break 10.45–11.30 What’s the Point? Why bother? The struggle to measure the worth of Museums. Peter Armstrong, Museum Director Development - Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds 11.30–13.00 Lunch	09.00-10.00 The user: Client, curator, or someone who gets in the way? Even Westvang, Bengler 10.00–10.30 Finding the needle in the haystack. Are semantic technologies the answer? What’s the question? Robert Engels, Esis Break 10.45-11.30 In practice Lars Lundqvist, departmental director, information development, Swedish National Heritage Board 11.30–13.00 Lunch

13.00–15.30: Plenary session


Google Maps - tools for museums, archives and libraries Samuel Widmann, Director, Strategic Partnerships Geo Google The pleasures of change and conflict Ottar Grepstad, director, Ivar Aasen Centre What can we learn from the future? Klaus Æ. Mogensen, futures researcher, Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

Norsk kulturråd (ABM-utvikling)