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                *****    Museums and the Web 1999    *****
                *****  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA   *****
                *****      March 11-14, 1999         *****
                ***** http:/www.archimuse.com/mw99   *****

                                                                                            
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION (note deadline extension)

Proposals are invited for the Third Annual Museums and the Web Conference. The 1998
conference in Toronto attracted over 450 attendees to hear 100 presenters from 
20 countries. (Conference papers are still online at http://www.archimuse.com/mw98/.) 

The deadline for proposals, papers, on-line activities, and workshops has been
extended from August 31, to September 30, 1998. (Note that Proposals received earlier 
will be given preference.) All proposals are subject to peer review by the Museums 
and the Web Program Committee; papers will be selected on the basis of the quality
of the abstract. Selected speakers will be notified by October 15. Full papers are
required by January 15, 1999. Papers will be published. All speakers must register
for the meeting, and are elibile for a 50% discount. 

Proposals for demonstrations (informal opportunities to show features of a site
without an explicit thesis) will be accepted until December 31, 1998 and are not
subject to the peer review process. 

Proposals must address Web-related issues for museums, archives, libraries and other
cultural heritage institutions. 

        Topics of interest include:

        Social 

        * Applications of the Web by Museums 
        * Web Publication of Museum Content 
        * Use Of Museum Webs in Schools and Education 
        * New Ways of Reaching Old, and New Communities 
        * Evaluation of Web Programs 

        Organizational 

        * Internal Management of a Web Presence 
        * Multi-Institutional Ventures 
        * Sales, Advertising and Editorial Control 
        * Contracting Development and Maintenance 

        Technical 

        * Database Publishing 
        * Multi-media and webcasting 
        * New standards, protocols and tools
        * Interface design and beyond 

Proposal Format

All proposals must include the name, job title, institution, address, phone, fax and
email for the presenter. In an Abstract of at least a paragraph (max. 500 words),
summarize the thesis of the presentation, and cite relevant URLs. 

E-mail proposals to: [log in to unmask] 

Museums and the Web is organized by Archives & Museum Informatics.
Conference Co-Chairs, David Bearman and Jennifer Trant.

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J. Trant                             [log in to unmask]
Co-Chair                             www.archimuse.com/mw99/
Museums and the Web
Archives & Museum Informatics       
5501 Walnut St., Suite 203           ph. + 1-412-683-9775
Pittsburgh, PA USA 15232             fax + 1-412-683-7366
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