Conference on Scanning

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.), NYC

What 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 Digitization; 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 home page 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; <tracy<-a t->nedcc< . >org>.

Gay S. Tracy
Public Relations Coordinator
Northeast Document Conservation Center
100 Brickstone Square
Andover  MA  01810-1494
508-470-1010
Fax: 508-475-6021

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