Please direct questions and comments to Ron Wilson at DOI.

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Thanks in advance for anything you can do to help spread the word and/or
encourage people to register for the 4th conference on Partnership
Opportunities for Federally Associated Collections.  It is scheduled for the
first week in December in Washington, DC and will be preceded by a couple of
days of training workshops.

Please visit http://www.doi.gov/museum/FAC/ for the current status of the
conference. Additional details will be added as they become available.

Below is the text of the announcement that appeared in the August issue of
the AAM Curcom Update (the newsletter of the AAM Curators Committee).  Feel
free to distribute this or a similar announcement to your favorite
newsletters, list-serves, agency e-mail lists, etc.

Fourth Conference on Partnership Opportunities for Federally Associated
Collections
Department of the Interior/Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
December 5-7, 2002

Share and learn strategies for increasing access to, and understanding of,
our national treasures; hear and discuss current status reports on how
Federal agencies and non-Federal partners are managing Federally associated
collections.  Learn from the leaders of other stakeholder groups, and
contribute to national-level strategic planning and decision-making aimed at
improving funding, access, care and use of Federally associated collections.

Pre-conference training workshops are scheduled for December 3-4, 2002.

Further information is available at http://www.doi.gov/museum/FAC/ , or
through Ronald C. Wilson, Department of      the Interior Museum Program via
e-mail to [log in to unmask], phone on 202-208-3438 or fax to 202-219-4244

Thanks for your help in getting the word out to people who may be interested
in attending.

Ron Wilson
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202-208-3438

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