Welcome to the list, Bill. Its nice to hear some details about who and where you are. The rest of us who've been here for a while ought to do the same -- an INTRO post. I'm still amazed by the realization that this "community" consists of people spread around the corners of the globe. It would be good to have a mental picture to go along with some of the names. Stephen Nowlin Director, Williamson Gallery Art Center College of Design Bill Smith writes: >I am really pleased that the MCN Conference will be relatively close to home >this year. I attempted to convice the board that I should go to Seattle >one year, Washington another year and was an utter failure at San Diego last >year. I think the budget might be able to handle Ottawa this year! > >I am Bill Smith at Huronia Museum and Huron Indian Village in Midland, >Ontario. Situated on the southern shore of Georgian Bay our museum is a >standard regional history museum with an appended replica Huron Indian Village >representing the life of the Huron before European contact. > >I am the Assistant Curator/Photographic Archivist and the lucky one to be in >charge of the museum computerization programme for collections management. My >personal background is in professional commercial/industrial photography. >I was >educated at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California >(1972). > >My particular interest is in the cataloguing of photographic images on the >database and the use of that database for research and the subsequent sale of >photographs for publication. I am investigating ways to put our images on a >system to be available for remote access via the internet. > >I am very interested in photographic restoration and conservation. I now can >restore images photomechanically but want to move on to the newer frontiers of >digital enhancement. Money, budgets and time are continual deterrents to >progress in some areas but we are progressing steadily forward in a effort to >catch up with technology. > >I'm looking forward to meeting and sharing ideas with everyone. > >Cheers, > >Bill Smith