Microsoft Mail v3.0 IPM.Microsoft Mail.Note From: Roberts Andrew To: ICOM-L Subject: ICOM UK meetings Date: 1999-08-27 10:18 Priority: Message ID: B91A0394 Conversation ID: B91A0394 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ News of ICOM UK meetings and presentations, September-December 1999. Andrew Roberts Editor, ICOM UK News [log in to unmask] ICOM UK 1999 AGM: Tuesday, 28 September 1999, Edinburgh The 1999 Annual General Meeting of ICOM UK will be held in the Pentland Theatre, Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh at 18:00 on Tuesday 28th September 1999. The AGM has been scheduled to coincide with the Museums Association annual conference and we hope that members will take the opportunity to combine the events. Members who are unable to attend the full Museums Association conference should note that access to the ICOM UK AGM is free, as is attendance at the preceding conference session organised by ICOM UK on the subject of Working with Museums in Developing Countries. ICOM UK members may also visit the conference trade fair and the Marketplace of ideas at which ICOM UK will be represented (see below). ICOM UK and the 'Marketplace of ideas' at the Museums Association Conference: Tuesday, 28 September 1999, Edinburgh Participants at the Museums Association Conference are invited to call in at the ICOM UK stand in the Marketplace of ideas, 10:00-16:00 on Tuesday 28 September. If you know a non-member at the Conference who might be encouraged to join ICOM UK, please bring them along. 'Working with Museums in Developing Countries': ICOM UK session at the Museums Association Conference: Tuesday, 28 September 1999, Edinburgh The theme of this year's Museums Association Annual Conference is The Challenge of Change: Gearing up for the next century. As part of the conference, ICOM UK has organised a session to review recent innovative approaches in working with museums in developing countries. Speakers will include Elisabet Olofsson, co-ordinator of ICOM Sweden's Swedish African Museum Program, Lisette Ferera, International Relations Counsellor at the Musée de la Civilisation, Quebec, talking about ICOM Canada's programme of international co-operation, and Andrew Roberts, talking about CIDOC's involvement with the AFRICOM project. The session has been organised by Jane Weeks ([log in to unmask]) and will be chaired by Aidan Walsh. The session will be held on Tuesday 28 September in the Pentland Suite, Edinburgh International Conference Centre. It will start at 16:45 and will be followed by the ICOM UK AGM. The Museums Association has generously agreed to waive the daily conference attendance fee for ICOM UK members wishing to attend the session. ICOM-UK/MGC Joint Seminar on International Opportunities for Museums: Thursday, 2 December 1999, Museum of London The Museums & Galleries Commission (MGC) and ICOM-UK are organising a one-day seminar on international opportunities for museums and galleries. This is centred around a research project carried out for the MGC by Judi Caton, a freelance consultant, and the resultant publication, Going up in the World, which is being published as part of the MGC's series of Guidelines for Good Practice publications. The event will be held at the Museum of London on Thursday 2 December. It will provide an important opportunity for museums to debate issues raised by the research, such as identifying key international opportunities and recognising their importance for the development of museums in the UK. Speakers will include Judi Caton; Henrietta Hopkins, MGC; Rosalind Johnson, the Library and Information Commission (LIC); and a representative from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The afternoon will comprise break-out sessions, to enable participants to have detailed discussion on the issues raised, and a reporting back plenary session. To book a place, please contact Elaine Sansom, Secretary, ICOM UK ([log in to unmask]). For information on how to purchase the publication Going up in the World: Guidelines for good practice on international opportunites, contact MGC Publications ([log in to unmask]). ICOM UK and the Museums Association report into illicit trade ICOM UK and the Museums Association have jointly commissioned a report into the illicit trade in cultural property and natural science material and its implications for museums in the UK. The report is intended to be a hard-hitting account of the problem of the illicit trade and will serve as a launch pad for a campaign to urge government to take measures that will limit its disastrous effects. The report also aims to alert museums to the risks of acquiring illicit material. The report is being written by the Illicit Antiquities Research Centre, part of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge. It is due for publication in late 1999 or early 2000. A small steering group is overseeing the report: the ICOM UK representatives are Louise Smith ([log in to unmask]) and Patrick Boylan ([log in to unmask]). -------------------------------------------------- Andrew Roberts Documentation Officer Museum of London London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN, UK Tel. +44 (0)171 814 5587 (direct) Tel. +44 (0)171 600 3699 (switchboard) Fax. +44 (0)171 600 1058 http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk -------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html