Conference on protection of cultural property

"Challenges and Opportunities: Year 2000 and Beyond"
<URL:http://natconf.si.edu/>

This year's Conference theme, "Challenges and Opportunities: Year
2000 and Beyond," explores the issues, obstacles and technologies
that cultural property protection professionals will face in the
next millennium. Leading authorities from the public and private
sectors will offer hands-on and lecture-style sessions in a
wide-range of topics. These tentatively include:

    Curators and Security: The Benefits of Good Communication
    Customer Service
    Electronic Security Systems for the 21st Century
    Executive Protection in a Museum/Library
    Fire Safety Alternatives
    First Aid Equipment and Training
    Harassment in the Workplace: What should be done?
    Hiring Challenges in Today's Job Market
    Installing Simple Alarm Devices
    Internal Threats to Museum/Library Security
    International Art Theft
    Legal Issues Affecting Museums/Libraries - Case Update
    Lock/Key Development and Management
    Managing Security Initiatives and Projects from Start to Finish
    Security for After-Hour Special Events
    Security Fragile/Invaluable Artifacts, Books and Displays
    Twenty Successful Security Practices
    Using Risk Assessment to Determine Staffing
    Violence in the Workplace: How to Respond

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