[OpenGLAM] Michael Edson to be asst. director of UN Live Museum

Tue Dec 22 11:27:41 UTC 2015

That’s great news. Congratulations Michael!

> On 18 Dec 2015, at 16:03, Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I wouldn't normally share someone else's job announcement on this
> list, but this looks so cool that I just had to!
> 
> Longtime friend of GLAM-Wiki, advisory board member of OpenGLAM,
> currently head of digital-cool-things at the Smithsonian Institution,
> is going to become: "Associate Director/Head of Digital at the newly
> forming UN Live Museum"
> 
> It is "..currently being envisioned for Copenhagen, Denmark. In
> addition to a physical building in Copenhagen, UN Live will include a
> global network of peer institutions, small and large scale programs,
> and, of course, a robust global digital presence."
> 
> The announcement is here:
> http://usingdata.tumblr.com/post/135442309683/joining-the-un-live-museum-for-humanity
> 
> And the website for the museum itself is here:
> http://www.unlivemuseum.org/
> 
> Obviously there is a direct connection to UNESCO, and to Danish
> affiliates, but the museum itself will include LOTs of digital and
> distributed local presence - according to their own description:
> http://www.unlivemuseum.org/#three
> 
> So... congratulations Michael! I for one am really looking forward to
> seeing what comes of this fascinating concept!
> 
> -Liam
> 
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> Peace, love & metadata
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