RRN at Museums and the Web 2008!

The RRN is presenting at the latest Museums and the Web conference in Montreal, Quebec this upcoming April. We will present the paper entitled "The Reciprocal Research Network".

This paper explores the early development of the project, and introduces the RRN as a the web-based collections system for First Nations people and museum professionals.

The Abstract

In this paper we introduce the Reciprocal Research Network (RRN). The RRN is an open-source, Web-based, federated museum information system intended to provide First Nations, researchers and museum professionals with interactive access to worldwide collections of Northwest Coast and British Columbia First Nations' cultural heritage. Collaborative tools built within a social networking environment will provide users with the ability to carry out individual and/or collaborative research projects. The overall goal of the RRN is to re-connect objects, people, land, languages, and traditions culturally and historically significant to First Nations community researchers, and to create a collaborative, reciprocal, and inclusive environment in which to explore museum collections of First Nations’ cultural heritage.

You can check out the paper on the Museums and the Web conference website here, as well as the conference proceedings.

The RRN presents at Community Engagement session, at 11 am on Saturday, April 12th.

If you're heading to the conference, come check us out!