Message-Id: <199708141817.LAA45828@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 14:16:26 -0400 From: Gay Tracy <mailto:tracy@NEDCC.ORG> Subject: Scanning Conference To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
The Northeast Document Conservation Center presents the following conference: School for Scanning: Issues of Preservation and Access for Paper-Based Collections. November 3-5, 1997; At the New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 5th Ave. (at 103rd St.), NYCWhat is the School for Scanning? A seminar that will take the mystery out of digital technology while training participants in: The Basics of Digital Technology; File Formats; Content Selection for Digitiza-tion; Legal Issues; Text and Image Scanning; Quality Control and Costs; Metadata; Digital Preservation; World Wide Web Applications; CD-ROM Publications.
Who Should Attend? If you are an archivist, curator, interpreter, librarian, historic preservation specialist, registrar, or other cultural or natural resource manager dealing with paper-based collections, you will be interested in attending the School for Scanning. No prior knowledge of digital media is required.
Who Are the Faculty? Steve Dalton, NEDCC; Howard Besser, University of California at Berkeley; Steve Chapman, Harvard University; Paul Conway, Yale University Library; Richard Ekman, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Franziska Frey, Image Permanence Institute; Janet Gertz, Columbia University; Kevin Guthrie, JSTOR; Paul Handly, National Park Service; Melissa Smith Levine, Library of Congress; Steve Puglia, National Archives and Records Administration; Roy Rosenzweig, George Mason University; Maxine Sitts, Commission on Preservation and Access; Roy Tennant, University of California at Berkeley; Diane van der Reyden, Conservation Analytical Laboratory; Diane Vogt-O Connor, National Park Service; and Stuart Weibel, OCLC.
What does the conference cost? The cost of the seminar is $255 including lunches. All participants will also be responsible for all their travel and lodging costs. The number of participants is limited and registration applications will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. The deadline to register is October 17, 1997.
For more information about NEDCC and a calendar of workshops and seminars, visit NEDCC s homepage at <http://www.nedcc.org>. For more information or to request a flier with a registration form, contact Gay Tracy, Northeast Document Conservation Center, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810-1494; 508 470-1010; <mailto:tracy@nedcc.org>.
Gay S. Tracy Public Relations Coordinator Northeast Document Conservation Center 100 Brickstone Square Andover MA 01810-1494 Tel 508 470-1010 Fax 508 475-6021 mailto:<tracy@nedcc.org> Web site: http://www.nedcc.org