CAC Annual Conference and Workshop

CAC Annual Conference and Workshop
Ottawa, Ontario
May 30 - June 3, 1997

The Ottawa '97 Organizing Team has been hard at work during the last
few months laying the groundwork for the annual conference and
workshop.

Conference

We have reserved facilities at the Canadian Museum of Nature for the
conference on May 30th, 31st and June 1st.  The 4th floor of the
west wing of the Victoria Memorial Building provides a large lecture
hall and an adjacent hall for the posters, trade fair and coffee.
The building is well situated for lunch at a restaurant on trendy
Elgin Street or a picnic in the small park next door.

Greg Hill reports an excellent response to our call for papers. It
will be a challenge to fit in all of the interesting abstracts which
have been submitted.  The (very) preliminary schedule shows the
first day, May 30th, featuring the Per Guldbeck Lecture as the
keynote presentation, followed by a session of papers and an
afternoon devoted to tours of new conservation facilities.  May 31st
will have papers in the morning and the AGM in the afternoon.  June
1st will be a full day of presentations.

Other events will include registration and a reception on the
evening of May 29th at the Museum of Nature, a reception at the
National Archives of Canada Gatineau Preservation Centre after the
tours on the 30th, and the banquet on Saturday night, May 31st.  We
are particularly excited about holding the banquet in the splendid
new Casino de Hull!  The food is reported to be excellent, the decor
is exotic and the entertainment is free (if you're lucky).

** Submissions are still accepted for posters.  For those who are
interested, the deadline for submitting an abstract for posters has
been extended to February 28.

Workshop

This year the CAC is teaming up with the Association of Canadian
Archivists (ACA) to present a workshop on The Preservation of
Digital Media.  This is a unique opportunity to explore the issues
and concerns presented by the flood of digital media records and
objects into the holdings of archives, libraries and museums. Brian
Thurgood has put together a comprehensive program with presentations
by Dr. Franziska Frey and Peter Edelstein of the Image Permanence
Institute, Jim Lindner of Vidipax Inc., Stefan Michalski and Joe
Iraci of CCI, Brian Lesser of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, and
Jacques Grimard of the National Archives.  The ACA will soon confirm
the content of sessions directed to their membership.  We hope to
present a plenary session in the mornings for all delegates, then
concurrent topical sessions in the afternoons specific to the
interests of conservators or archivists.

Registration

Registration packages will be sent out to CAC members in late
February.

    www.archives.ca/cac/index.htm

The CAC hits the Internet!  Above is the address of the official CAC
Ottawa '97 web site!  Webmaster Brian Thurgood will keep all current
information related to the conference and workshop posted.  Have a
look around for lots of interesting information and links to useful
sites. We welcome your comments and suggestions,

    John Grace
    Chairperson, Conference '97 Organizing Team
    +1 613 995 4704
    Fax: +1 613-995-0179
    jgrace<-a t->archives< . >ca

Danielle Allard

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