The Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) has been
making museum multimedia available for educational use since 1998. It
is also one of the very few networked cultural heritage activities to
try, and succeed, at being fully self-sufficient without government
or grant funding. With over 3 million users at licensed institution,
were becoming a fact of life in arts and humanities
education. After five years, participants can reflect concretely on
the AMICO model, from a business, technical, museological and educational
perspective. Each panelist offer a personal perspective on AMICOs
strategy and objectives, as initially articulated, as they have evolved,
and as they continue to develop in the future.
Chair: Jennifer Trant, Executive Director, Art Museum
Image Consortium, AMICO, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Panelists:
David Bearman, Director of Strategy and Research AMICO,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
AMICO Strategy, Progress, Projections
Rich Cherry, Chief Technology Officer, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo,
New York, USA
Museum Membership in AMICO
Scott Sayre, AMICO Member Services, AMICO, Minneapolis,
MN, USA
AMICOs Evolving Member Services Program
Roberly Bell, Professor, Foundations, College of Imaging
Arts and Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New
York, USA
Using The AMICO Library in the studio art curriculum
Kris Wetterlund, AMICO User Services, AMICO, Minneapolis,
MN, USA (kris@amico.org)
Developing AMICOs User Services