access to the Latin-American & Caribbean heritage

Christina TsagarakiProjects coordinator

4th Culturemondo Roundtable in Taiwan 10-12 December 2008

ILAM = NGO

since 1997

Costa Rica

Central America

Instituto LatinoAmericano de Museos

www.ilam.org

ILAM Statistics (February, 2006)

(+200)

• + 7,000 Museums & Parks

• + 80% = S / M size

• Lack of professionals

• Inefficient access & use of ICT

INSTITUTIONAL SITUATION IN THE REGION

Who knows or who cares about this information?

Where does www.ilam.org fits in?

1998 – 2002

2002 - 2008

- Register

- Vote

- Comment

- Upload Images

Of a Museum / Park of LAC :

www.ilam.org

Heritage Section

Training Section:

Online Training Courses for Professionals

Taller: Museos y patrimonio inmaterial: memorias de ayer, hoy y mañana ( 7 enero – 4 febrero)Profesores: Karina Durand Velasco y Carlos Vázquez Olvera

Taller: Como crear una política educativa (1 de febrero – 7 de marzo)Profesor: Oscar Navarro Rojas

ILAM

Website Section:

Information on the Foundation

Section: Documentation Center

… problems?

Voice of the public

..let them speak…!

Archaeological Museum of San Salvador, El Salvador

… problems?

Maintenance of the content

Who? What? How?• Too much information• Too many aspects• Public always wants what is missing

from our site

… problems?

TechnologyOpen source softwareSecurity/ spam / hackersKeeping updated

NombreFundación ILAM

(Instituto Latinoamericano de Museos)

CoberturaAmérica Latina y el Caribe

DirecciónApartado 02-1175 Plaza Uruka. San José, Costa Rica

Tel +506 - 2 - 232 - 4698Fax +506 - 2 - 291 - 4446

E-mail ilam@ilam.org

Sitio Webwww.ilam.org

Gracias, Thank you!