With all due apologies for cross-posting. I highly recommend a close look at the conference program. The theme for this year's WebWise is "Stewardship in the Digital Age: Managing Museum and Library Collections for Preservation and Use," and the bulk of the presentations lend themselves to extending & deepening the conversation about asset management we had during MCN 2006. Please make sure to also take a good look at the pre-conference workshops - like the conference itself, they're free! I've signed up for Priscilla Caplan's "Preserving Digital Collections" (during the course of which Rick Rinehart will make a presentation on preserving digital art), and I'll also tout "Sharing Images and Data Making Access to Collections Easier and Better," which Ken Hamma pulled together. I hope to see many MCN regulars there!
Cheers, G?nter *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 19, 2006 Press Contacts 202-653-4628 Kevin O'Connell, koconnell at imls.gov Mamie Bittner, mbittner at imls.gov IMLS Announces Registration for 2007 WebWise Conference to be Held February 28-March 2 Washington, DC--The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announces open registration for the eighth annual WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World, to be held February 28 to March 2, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The conference is sponsored annually by IMLS and is co-hosted again this year by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and the J. Paul Getty Trust. This year's theme is "Stewardship in the Digital Age: Managing Museum and Library Collections for Preservation and Use." The conference will feature presentations and panel discussions by library, museum, and other information experts who will address issues and emerging practices in the preservation of digital content from digitized text to "born-digital" art. It will also provide a forum for discussing the general state of preservation and "digital preservation readiness" in the nation's museums and libraries and the potential for technology to improve the management of physical collections and the documentation of cultural heritage. Demonstrations will feature online tools for disaster planning, projects that are addressing challenges such as preserving audio and visual media, and projects to document and preserve tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Preconference workshops, requiring separate registration, will be offered on February 28: 1) Preserving Digital Collections (half-day) 2) Sharing Images and Data: Making Access to Collections Easier and Better (half-day) 3) Producing Broadcast-Quality, Preservation-Worthy Video (full day). For more information about this year's conference, including the agenda and on-line registration, visit www.getty.edu/webwise2007/conference. Visit www.imls.gov/webwise for more information on past WebWise conferences. About the Institute of Museum and Library Services The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the national level and in coordination with state and local organizations to sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; and support professional development. To learn more about the Institute, please visit www.imls.gov. G?nter Waibel Please update your address book > waibelg at oclc.org RLG Programs, OCLC 2029 Stierlin Court, Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94043 voice: +1-650-691-2304 | fax: +1-650-964-1461 blog: www.hangingtogether.org
