New media has transformed our access to collections in the humanities. But how has our interpretation and presentation of artifacts changed? The morning session of this day-long symposium will feature presentations by leading practitioners in the university, library, and museum worlds to showcase new developments in this rapidly changing field. In the afternoon we will have a round table discussion on the nature of digital collaborations within and between institutions, what digital scholarship involving material culture looks like and will look like, the role of digital media in the training of material culture/art history scholars, and digital media and the changing nature of exhibitions among other issues.

Dan Cohen
Director of the Center for History and New Media and Professor of History, George Mason University
Scholarly Communities and Digital Artifacts

Josh Greenberg
Director of Digital Strategy and Scholarship, New York Public Library
Staff Expertise in the Networked, Digital Environment

Carrie Rebora Barratt
Associate Director for Collections and Administration, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Digital Media Projects for Galleries and Period Rooms at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Amelia Peck
Marica F. Vilcek Curator in the Department of American Decorative Arts and Manager of the Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Digital Media Projects for Galleries and Period Rooms at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Roundtable Discussions

Panel 1

Beth Harris
Director of Digital Learning, The Museum of Modern Art

Joshua Brown
Executive Director Center for Media and Learning/American Social History Project/ Professor of History and Interactive Technology & Pedagogy / Co-Director, New Media Lab, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Panel 2

Kimon Keramidas
Assistant Director for the Digital Media Lab, Bard Graduate Center

Steve Brier
Senior Academic Technology Officer / Coordinator, Interactive Technology & Pedagogy Certificate Program / Professor of Urban Education / Co-Director, New Media Lab, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

David Jaffee
Professor and Head of New Media Research, Bard Graduate Center