A reminder to all MCN imaging, archiving, and technology professionals that the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) Archiving 2013 Conference will take place in Washington, DC from April 2-5. The conference program, list of short courses, and registration links can be found here: http://www.imaging.org/ist/conferences/archiving/index.cfm
Meetings will take place at the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The conference *registration deadline is March 29*and due to government rules we will not be able to accept any onsite registrations, so please register beforehand. A brief overview is below. Hoping to see many of you there! Erik -- *Erik Landsberg* *Director, Imaging and Visual Resources * *Museum of Modern Art* erik_landsberg at moma.org www.moma.org Hosted by the National Archives, please join us April 2-5, 2013 in Washington, DC for a stimulating program that includes more than 30 oral presentations and a host of interactive papers. Interactive papers are a key feature of the conference, providing an opportunity for authors and attendees to delve into issues in an informal setting. There are also wonderful Behind the Scenes Tours!**** **** In addition, we have two excellent keynote presentations:**** **** - Wednesday: Paul Wester, National Archives and Records Administration: *A 21st Century Transformation: the Presidential Memorandum on Managing Government Records and its Implications* ** ? Friday: Carl N. Stephan, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), and Doug Munson, Chicago Albumen Works on *The Identification of US POWs and MIAs from the Korean War via the Recovery and Digitization of Deteriorated Acetate X-rays.***** ** A morning of short courses covering a range of topics from archive curation tools for your workflow, imaging performance and guidelines, emerging archiving initiatives, and image standards and storage.**** ** **New to the conference is an afternoon CURATEcamp, an ?unconference? where participants are encouraged to define the agenda! The theme of this CURATEcamp is *Digitized/Born Digital Together.* We look forward to seeing you in DC!
