Message-Id: <199906032039.NAA32794@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 16:23:07 -0700 From: Barbara Mathe <mailto:mathe@AMNH.ORG> Subject: Re: CONFERENCE To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Tom, I do have to start thinking in terms of digital publishing of our collections--beyond the Mellon grant. I'm also ruminating re: the traditional paper published guide to the MS and Photographic Collections. And I wouldn't need a partner for this one...shall I register? I'm also looking over the SAA meeting which is in Pittsburgh, end of August. BarbaraAt 12:33 PM 6/3/99 -0400, you wrote: >Rethinking Cultural Publications: Digital, Multimedia, and other 21st
>Century Strategies
>September 15 - 17, 1999: Washington , DC
>
>At the Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History,
>Smithsonian Institution on 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW,
>Washington, DC
>
>A conference presented by the Northeast Document Conservation Center and
>sponsored by the National Park Service Museum Management Program with
>support from NPS Cultural Resources Training Initiative. Cosponsored by
>the National Museum of American History and the Office of the Counselor to
>the Secretary for Electronic Communications and Special Projects,
>Smithsonian Institution.
>
>What will be taught?
>The conference provides attendees with the basics of how to prepare
>digital, multi-media and paper publications on cultural collections for
>museums, archives, libraries, centers, and other historic preservation
>resources. Rethinking Cultural Publications presents ways in which
>institutions can share rich cultural heritage collections and information
>with diverse communities. The agenda gives participants the tools to
>create publications that feature collections, research, and knowledge for
>the general public, scholars, educators, students, and professional
>colleagues.
>
>Topics include:
>How are Democracy and Culture Linked?
>How to Develop an Appropriate Topic
>What are the Elements of a Publication Project?
>How to Reach Diverse Communities
>How to Manage Publication Projects
>How to Produce a Web Site
>How to Bring Visitors to Your Site
>What are the Legal Issues of Publications?
>How to Select Media and Formats
>How to Use Durable Media
>How to Select an Editor, Designer and Publisher
>How to Fund Publications
>
>Who should attend?
>Participants from across the United States and internationally will attend
>this conference. Cultural resources managers, librarians, curators,
>registrars, media and information management specialists, publications and
>public relations staff, collections care personnel, archivists, educators,
>students, historians, interpreters, records managers, fund raisers and
>others will find this innovative conference of significant value.
>
>Who are the faculty? Orlando Bagwell, WGBH Public Broadcasting of Boston;
>David Beacom, National Geographic Society; Spencer Crew, Smithsonian
>Institution, National Museum of American History; Steve Dalton, Northeast
>Document Conservation Center; W. Ralph Eubanks, Library of Congress; Anne
>Gilliland-Swetland, University of California, Los Angeles; Mark Holmes,
>National Geographic Interactive; Henry Kelly, White House Office of Science
>and Technology Policy; Carla Mattix, US Department of the Interior; Brett
>Miller, Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius, L.L.P.; Judy Metro, Yale University
>Press; Barbara Moore, National Gallery of Art; Hugh O Connor, American
>Association of Retired Persons; Mark Oviatt, National Park Service; Marc
>Pachter, Smithsonian Institution; Patricia Pasqual, The Foundation Center;
>Steve Puglia, National Archives and Records Administration; Anthony Seeger,
>Smithsonian Institution; Beverly Sheppard, Institute of Museum and Library
>Services; Andrea Stevens, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition
>Service; Kate Stevenson, National Park Service; and Roy Tennant, University
>of California, Berkeley.
>
>Who organized the conference? The conference was organized by the National
>Park Service s Museum Management Program, and produced with support from
>NPS Cultural Resources Training Initiative. The conference is co-sponsored
>by the National Museum of American History and the Office of the Counselor
>to the Secretary for Electronic Communications and Special Projects,
>Smithsonian Institution. Other cosponsors include the American Association
>of Museums, Library of Congress, the National Digital Library, and the
>Getty Information Institute. It is being managed by the Northeast Document
>Conservation Center.
>
>What does it cost? The cost of the conference is $240 for early bird
>registration, post marked on or before August 4, 1999 and $300 for late
>registration, postmarked on or before August 25, 1999. A reduced
>registration fee of $135 is available to a limited number of National Park
>Service and Smithsonian Institution staff on a first-come-first-served
>basis who register, on or before July 23, 1999.
>
>Where can I find additional information? The full agenda and registration
>information is posted on NEDCC s web site at <www.nedcc.org>. For
>information on registration and to request a flier contact Gay Tracy at the
>Northeast Document Conservation Center, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA
>01810; 978 470-1010; email <mailto:tracy@nedcc.org>.
>4-20-99
>
>Gay S. Tracy
>Public Relations Coordinator
>Northeast Document Conservation Center
>100 Brickstone Square
>Andover MA 01810-1494
>Tel 978 470-1010
>Fax 978 475-6021
><mailto:tracy@nedcc.org>
>www.nedcc.org
>
>
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