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