Please excuse any duplication and forward as appropriate. ************************************* ** Museums and the Web 1998 ** ** http://www.archimuse.com/mw98 ** ** April 22-25, 1998 ** ** Toronto Ontario Canada ** ************************************* 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 -------- J. Trant [log in to unmask] Partner and Principal Consultant www.archimuse.com Archives & Museum Informatics 5501 Walnut St., Suite 203 ph. + 1-412-683-9775 Pittsburgh, PA USA 15232 fax + 1-412-683-7366 --------