 FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 19, 2006
Press Contacts
202-653-4628
Kevin O'Connell, koconnell@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
IMLS Announces Registration for 2007 WebWise
Conference to be Held
February 28-March 2
Washington, DC--The
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announces
open registration for the eighth annual WebWise Conference
on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World, to be held
February 28 to March 2, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Washington
on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The conference is
sponsored annually by IMLS and is co-hosted again this
year by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and
the J. Paul Getty Trust.
This year's theme is "Stewardship in
the Digital Age: Managing Museum and Library Collections
for Preservation and Use." The conference will feature
presentations and panel discussions by library, museum,
and other information experts who will address issues
and emerging practices in the preservation of digital
content from digitized text to “born-digital”
art. It will also provide a forum for discussing the general
state of preservation and “digital preservation
readiness” in the nation’s museums and libraries
and the potential for technology to improve the management
of physical collections and the documentation of cultural
heritage. Demonstrations will feature online tools for
disaster planning, projects that are addressing challenges
such as preserving audio and visual media, and projects
to document and preserve tangible and intangible cultural
heritage.
Preconference workshops, requiring separate
registration, will be offered on February 28:
1) Preserving Digital Collections (half-day)
2) Sharing Images and Data: Making Access to Collections
Easier and Better (half-day)
3) Producing Broadcast-Quality, Preservation-Worthy Video
(full day).
For more information about
this year’s conference, including the agenda and
on-line registration, visit www.getty.edu/webwise2007/conference.
Visit www.imls.gov/webwise
for more information on past WebWise conferences.
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