School for Scanning: Working in A Digital World
A Seminar Presented By The National Park
Service and the Northeast Document
Conservation Center at the Smithsonian
Institution on September 11-13, 1996

What is the School for Scanning? A seminar that will take the mystery out
of digital technology while training participants in:

Digital Technology: How it         Quality Control and Costs
Works                              Maximizing the Life of Digital
Digital Jargon: What It Means      Media
File Formats: What Are They        Digital Preservation: Fact or
Content Selection for Digitiza-    Fiction
tion                               World Wide Web Publications
Legal Issues: An Overview          CD-ROM Publications
Text and Image Scanning            Digital Projects: How to
                                   Manage Them

Who Should Attend?  Cultural and natural resources managers who need
to know more about the technical, legal, and preservation issues posed
by digital scanning, the World Wide Web, and CD-ROMs.  If you are an
archivist, curator, interpreter, librarian, historic preservation
specialist, registrar, or other cultural or natural resource manager,
you will be interested in attending the School for Scanning.  No prior
knowledge of digital media is required.

When and Where Will It Be?  The School for Scanning will be offered
September 11-13, 1996 at the Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of
American History, The Smithsonian Institution, 14th and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20560.

Who Are the Faculty?  Howard Besser, University of California at
Berkeley; Paul Conway, Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University;
Steve Dalton, NEDCC; Carl Fleischhauer, National Digital Library,
Library of Congress; Henry Kelly, the Government Office of Technology
Policy; Steve Puglia, National Archives and Records Administration;
and Jim Reilly, Image Permanence Institute.

Who Are the Seminar Co-sponsors?  The National Park Service is spon
soring this event and providing speakers through the joint efforts of
the Interpretive Program and the Museum Management Program.  The
Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), a nonprofit regional
conservation center that receives funding from the National Endowment
for the Humanities, is managing the seminar.  The Smithsonian Institu
tion is providing facilities and speakers.  The Getty Art History
Information Program is providing a speaker and handouts.

What Does the Seminar Cost?  The fee for the School for Scanning
seminar is $150; there will be a limited number of free slots
available to National Park Service staff.  All participants will also
be responsible for all their travel, lodging, and meal costs.

How Do I Register?  Space is limited.  Registration will be accepted
on a first-come-first-served basis.  Registration materials, including
the full agenda, will be mailed in June.  For information, contact
Gail Pfeifle, NEDCC, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA; (Tel) 508 470-
1010; (Fax) 508 475-6021; (email) <[log in to unmask]>.


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100 Brickstone Square                           508-475-6021 fax
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