The following post appeared today on the Museum-L discussion list. Jim >>> Mr PM van Leusen <[log in to unmask]> 05/30/96 06:43am >>> *** CALL for PARTNERS in the RAPHAEL programme ACTIONS M, A, and T *** (This announcement is posted to a number of lists. Please forward it to any other list, person, or group you think is relevant. We apologise if you receive more than one copy.) From: the European Archaeological Heritage Web team Recently, the European Community called for proposals within the RAPHAEL Community action programme for the preservation and enhancement of the European cultural heritage, including the archaeological heritage. We believe that the RAPHAEL programme aims in this area would be best served by including resources to develop the use of the Internet, and have developed a set of proposals accordingly. What do we want: We aim to provide a support mechanism for all existing and new networks dealing with any aspect of the archaeological heritage within the Raphael Community action programme, by establishing and co-ordinating a common communication and information infrastructure that uses the power of the Internet and the WWW architecture. Services offered by this infrastructure could include resource guides such as ARGE (http://www.bham.ac.uk/ARGE/), moderated professional discussion lists, on-line and downloadable teaching modules for primary, secondary, higher and further education, and centres of expertise for areas such as heritage management and conservation studies. We envisage running pilot services in the three areas for which calls for tenders are currently available - a hypermail forum for professional cooperation in the Heritage Management field, a Virtual Museum for European Archaeology , and a remote learning centre for Conservation Studies. We are looking for: a) European partners who are already active in using the Internet and WWW in these areas, and who would like to host and/or pilot one or more of the proposed services; b) Existing networks within the areas specified by the EC call for tenders, that wish to enhance their internal and external communication and information via the Internet. Prospective partners need to contribute 75% of the estimated cost of the service, as the EC will only fund 25%. However, existing hardware, staff time, operating expenses, overheads etc can be costed in as part of the bid. As the RAPHAEL actions have a closing date of 15 June, we urge you to reply quickly and contact us by phone on +44 121 414 7343 or e-mail at p.m.van- [log in to unmask] (Martijn van Leusen). An extended version of our proposal can be found at <a href= http://www.bham.ac.uk/BUFAU/Projects/ARGE/Docs/raphael2.htm > Please do not reply to the list you are reading this on - I am not subscribed to any of them! Martijn van Leusen Sara Champion The EAHW Project