The following is being forwarded to Museum-L at the request of Jeremy Rees.

Suzanne Quigley
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>FREE ACCESS TO CELEBRATE!
>
>ITEM (the Image TEchnology in Museums and art galleries knowledge base)
>is an international searchable text and image information knowledge base
>detailing hypermedia publications and resources, primarily about the visual
>arts.  ITEM includes multimedia publications, art gallery and museum image
>databases, art auctions, photolibraries and art theft.
>
>ITEM is published by IVAIN (a not for profit organisation), in association
>with CIDOC (ICOM).
>
>To celebrate our first nine months on-line we are inviting you to explore
>the entire ITEM Web site for nine days for free (access to the whole
>knowledgebase and full range of search facilities is usually by
>subscription only) - and we would very much appreciate your comments and
>suggestions that we can take into account in the further development of
>ITEM
>
>Since the launch of ITEM on the WWW
>http://item.suffolk.ac.uk
>it has been continuously expanded, updated and optimised for Netscape 3 -
>and now for Internet Explorer 3.
>
>Many individual ITEM records now include screenshots to aid evalution and
>comparison of titles.  Detailed text and technical information about each
>title often includes a hypertext link to a related Web site and there are
>comprehensive search facilities.
>
>The site also includes a collection  WWW  links sites likely to be of
>interest to ITEM users.
>
>Plans include a Bulletin Board (currently under construction) for the
>discussion of issues relating to Heritage, contemporary cultural and the
>digital future.
>
>To gain your 9 days free access please complete the on-line feedback form
>on the ITEM site and use the 'Your Final Comments' boxto request your
>special temporary visitor Username and Password.
>
>This celebration offer is open until 16 September only.
>
>Jeremy Rees, Director; Sue Hagley, Administrator.
>International Visual Arts Information Network (IVAIN)
>University College Suffolk
>Rope Walk
>Ipswich
>Suffolk  IP4 1LT, Great Britain
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