All Technical Outreach UK training events in the
MDA's Passport Programme are now FREE...
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Scanning the IT Horizon
22 February 1995
London (previously 60 UKPounds)
whole day
A mini-conference looking at some of the new developments in
IT, and the ways that they could help museums.
Speakers:
Dr Robert Bloomfield, Natural History Museum - Using IT to
enhance visitor education and improve access to colections,
with an on-line look at the museum's WWW pages.
Peter MacGregor, iBase Image Systems - Current and future
opportunities offered by digital image resources.
John Redfern, Redfern & Co - Applications for 3-D graphics
and animation, with examples from the ATHENA project.
Gordon Adgey, Mercury Communications - How IT can bring
about convergence between major industries
There will also be a number of demonstrations of IT
applications that can be investigated during the lunch and
coffee breaks.
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Bar Coding
1 March 1995
Birmingham (previously 25 UKPounds)
morning only
An IT Briefing looking at the practical and strategic uses
of bar codes and electronic tagging.
Speakers:
Tony Gill, MDA - Introduction and video about bar code
implementation at the National Museum of Denmark.
Stephen Mumby, Imperial Computer Consultants Ltd -
A practical introduction to bar coding and electronic
tagging.
Claire Jewess, Ancient Monuments Lab - How the AML is using
bar codes.
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Managing IT Systems
9 March 1995
London (previously 150 UKPounds)
whole day
An IT workshop, with tuition provided by Midsummer Computing
on the MDA's behalf. The event will provide a comprehensive
introduction to the tasks of managing a computer system,
whether it is a single computer or a local area network.
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How to Choose Software for Documentation
14 March 1995
Cardiff (previously 25 UKPounds)
morning only
A look at the various considerations when choosing a new
collections database management tool.
Speakers:
Tony Gill, MDA - Issues and options when selecting software,
and a look at some of the current products on the market.
There will be a short exercise to develop a software
selection checklist.
Pat Linehan, CCTA - A beginner's guide to the CCTA
procurement guidelines.
(THIS SPEAKER CONFIRMED AFTER THE PUBLICITY LEAFLETS WENT
OUT)
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Acquiring Image Based Systems
17 March 1995
York (previously 25 UKPounds)
morning only
An IT Briefing explaining the basic principles of computer
graphics and image capabilities in collections management
software.
Speakers:
Tony Gill, MDA - Introduction to computer graphics,exploring
the implications for capturing, storing, manipulating and
retrieving images. There will be a brief image manipulation
exercise for delegates.
Midsummer Computing - One of the company's representatives
will demonstrate the graphics capabilities of Multi Mimsy.
####### To book a place on one of these course... #######
Contact Sarah Reynolds at the address below,or on
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for further information and a booking form.
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Tony Gill e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Technical Outreach Manager
Museum Documentation Association
Lincoln House, 347 Cherry Hinton Road, Tel: +44 1223 242848
Cambridge CB1 4DH, UK Fax: +44 1223 213575
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