IMLS WebWise

The IMLS WebWise Conference, a signature initiative of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), spotlights the future of high-quality online content for inquiry and education, the latest research and innovations in digital technology and the potential impacts on library and museum services, and effective museum and library collaborations in the digital environment. Conference participants include representatives from museums, libraries, archives, systems science, and other interested fields. Since its start in 2000, the annual conference has also showcased exemplary digital projects by grantees of IMLS, the primary source of federal funding for museums and libraries.

Cosponsoring institutions of the conference are selected every two years, and each year, the location and theme of the IMLS WebWise conference is different. The theme for the 2008 conference, co-sponsored by The Wolfsonian-Florida International University is “Web 2.0: The Power of Community.” The [http://webwise2008.fcla.edu 2008 IMLS WebWise conference] will take place March 5–7, 2008 in Miami Beach, FL.

Previous WebWise conferences

[http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/ Texts of selected presentations] from previous WebWise Conferences have been published in "First Monday," the peer-reviewed online journal published about the Internet and the global information infrastructure

* [http://www.getty.edu/webwise2007/conference/ IMLS WebWise 2007: Stewardship in the Digital Age]
**Co-sponsored with the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
**Located in Washington, DC
* [http://www.getty.edu/webwise2006/conference/ IMLS WebWise 2006: Inspiring Discovery: Unlocking Collections]
**Co-sponsored with
**Located in Los Angeles, CA
* [http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/webwise/ IMLS WebWise 2005: Teaching and Learning with Digital Resources]
**Co-sponsored with the University of Illinois at Chicago
**Located in Washington, DC
* [http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/systems/webwise2004/ IMLS WebWise 2004: Sharing Digital Resources]
**Co-sponsored with the University of Illinois at Chicago
**Located in Chicago, IL
*IMLS WebWise 2003: Sustaining Digital Resources
**Co-sponsored with John Hopkins University
**Located in Washington, DC
*IMLS WebWise 2002: Building Digital Communities
*IMLS WebWise 2001: The Digital Divide: A Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World
*IMLS WebWise 2000: A conference on libraries and museums in the digital world

External links

* [http://www.imls.gov/ IMLS website]
* [http://webwise2008.fcla.edu 2008 WebWise Conference]
* [http://www.wolfsonian.org/ The Wolfsonian-FIU]