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Richard GerrardRegistrar, Collections Management, Heritage TorontoRichard Gerrard has held a wide variety of research, education and management positions in archaeology and collections management since 1980. He earned a degree in anthropology, from the University of Toronto in 1983. He joined the Toronto Historical Board in 1987, and currently holds the post of Registrar. Since 1994 he has held an appointment the Museums Studies Program at the University of Toronto where he teaches a course in collections management.In 1989 he became involved with the joint Ontario Museums Association-Canadian Heritage Information Network's Trillium Project to create an on-line network for Ontario museums. He has served as a member and chair of the Computer Advisory Committee for the OMA ever since. He has also acted in an advisory role for a number of information technology projects and committees, including: Ontario Association of Art Galleries, Advisory Group on New Technology; Canadian Heritage Information Network, Collections Management Software Review; Museums Assistance Program, Peer Review Committee; SchoolNet Digital Collections, Project Selection Museum Advisory Committee; and, the University of Toronto, AMICO University Testbed project. He has written on information management and the new technology as it applies to museological issues, and currently is Reviews Editor for SPECTRA (The quarterly publication of the Museum Computer Network). Richard will present With
All This I.T., Are We Doing Our Job Better? and is one of the
judges for the Best of
the Web contest.
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