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        **     Museums and the Web 1998    **
        **  http://www.archimuse.com/mw98  **
        **        April 22-25, 1998        **
        **     Toronto Ontario Canada      **
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The first 12 of over 60 papers to be presented at Museums and the Web 1998
are now available online. See this first release for a taste of the breadth
of issues that will be discussed in Toronto by an international group of
speakers. Highlights include:

        Antonio Ramiers Fernandez, Hugo Castelo Pirez
        and Rui Rodrigues, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
        A Virtual Interactive Art Gallery
        http://www.archimuse.com/papers/fernandes

        Digitising Collections: The Redefining of Museums
        Steven Smith, United Focus Pty, Ltd, Australia
        http://www.archimuse.com/papers/smith_s

        Richard Gerrard, Heritage Toronto, Canada
        With all this IT, Are We Doing our Job Better?
        http://www.archimuse.com/mw98/papers/gerrard

Additional papers will be linked to their abstracts - now on the site - as
they become available. Conference proceedings will be available on CD-ROM;
contact [log in to unmask] for further information.


See the conference web site at http://www.archimuse.com/mw98 for full
program and registration information. Those planning to attend the meeting
should make their hotel reservations soon. The conference rate, of $159 CDN
(approx $112 US) is guaranteed only until March 31, 1998.

Looking forward to seeing you in Toronto!

jennifer

Co Chair
Museums and the Web

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