From:   David Liston
To:     i:"[log in to unmask]"
Date:   1/28/96 7:12pm
Subject:        Security-protection conference

Just a month from now, the security and protection needs of
cultural institutions today will be addressed at the

National Conference on Cultural Property Protection in the
Washington, DC, area, February 26 through 29 of 1996, sponsored by
the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Protection Services. The
conference is given at the McLean Hilton, McLean, Virginia, about
five miles from the National Mall.

-serving museums, libraries, zoos, aquaria, and parks, with law
enforcement, funding agencies, insurance underwriters, legal
representatives; service and manufacturing representatives in a
trade show.

-a Proceedings of papers delivered, attendance lists, references,
art theft reporting forms, and papers from international meetings.

-standard issue group photograph, certificate, 1996 Cultural
Property Contact List security phone directory, work aids, and
motivational poster.

-half of what you learn is from your peers informally, at Sunday
organizational meetings, social, and exhibit preview; Monday
luncheon-trade show and evening reception-trade show; Tuesday
luncheon-trade show and Anniversary Night at Air and Space Museum;
Wednesday law enforcement luncheon with author Nicholas Basbanes
and law enforcement representatives and evening national cultural
property achievement award; Thursday Honor's Breakfast and
afternoon historic property protection site visit to Monticello;
and Friday's all-day "What a Disaster" Workshop on Disaster
Planning, Response and Recovery.

-the lineup of the four days of sessions on that advance our
ability to provide you protection:
The Growing Importance of Library Security by the President of
American Library Association
At Disney, Visitors Are Guests, and Employees Are "the Cast"
Decreasing Cultural Property Institution Exposure in Tort Law
Making Your Security Force to Work For You
Emerging Security Trends and Technology Affecting Us All
Gang and Drug Influences--Among Visitors and Security Staff
Violence in the Workplace: What is an Institution to Do?
The Oklahoma City Library Experience Recovering from Disaster
Lessons Learned from the Rutgers University Library Bombings
Terrorism and Bombing Responses for Us
The Siege of the U.S.S. Yorktown Museum July 4, 1995
Defusing Violent Confrontations
Bomb Threat Assessment and Management
Lessons Learned from the "Enola Gay" Opening
Making Contract Security Work for You
Volunteer Security Assistants
Collection Management Transport Ethics
Reinforcing Security Staff Training
Book Lovers, Book Thieves, and We, the Guardians
Saving $ in your HVAC Energy Bills
A Reality Check on Guidelines Regarding Thefts in Libraries
Is There Life Left in Federal Funding Assistance?

Dealing with the Dark Side of Internet
Practical Results from the Emergency Response National Summit
Handling Monticello As a Popular Historic Property
All-Day Disaster Preparedness Workshop

No, we can't afford to send you everything without registering.
YES, it's important to come and learn how to use what exists.
No, the Proceedings are not electronically available.
YES, excerpts will appear on Internet's LIBESAFE-L, ICOM-ANNOUNCE,
MUSEUM-L, and possibly LSO-L.

Federal government and weather interruptions here in Washington,
DC, have made a few conference registrations still available at:
$ 450 for four and one-half days, and $30 for the Friday workshop.

Register at the hotel yourself, at the McLean Hilton, McLean,
Virginia, near Tyson's Corner, half way between Dulles and National
Airports, available by free shuttle to Metro. The McLean charges
$103 single or double. Call 703-847-5000 or toll-free 1-800-445-
8667.

Send this registration back to us by email and bring your
registration money with you.

Name:
Title:
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Telephone:
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Fees:
US$450 after January 15
US$500 at the conference
US$25 for conference luncheons and dinners for each guest
      accompanying a registrant
US$15 for visit to Monticello, Thursday, February 29
US$25 for Disaster Preparedness Workshop, Friday, March 1

Checks and drafts should be made payable to The National Conference
on Cultural Property Protection.

Too late? Next year's conference on "Security Practices and Design
for the 21st Century" will be in Raleigh, North Carolina, March 4
to 8. Please call us at 1.202.287-2585 if you have questions about
the conference. Our business continues to be challenged by social
trends that sooner or later will demand your attention to improving
your own institution's security and protection. We hope to work
with you.