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Iris Snyder and I have had two program ideas for the 1998 conference floating
around, and we're hoping to interest some ARLIS members in doing sessions based
on them. If someone already is working along these lines, please let us know.
A number of people in San Antonio asked for more management sessions,
specifically on planning and construction of new buildings, or management of a
major renovation. Several of our local people have had experience of this
sort, and I'm sure conference atteendees from other areas could contribute;
I've just heard from someone at the Morgan who expressed willingness to find a
speaker who participated in planning for their almost-complete renovation.
There seem to be a lot of possibilities here. Would anyone like to take this
on?
The region around Philadelphia has many extraordinarily well-documented
historic gardens, and we think their histories and archives could form the
basis for a rich program. We have at least one highly qualified participant
who's called us, and more could readily be found. If you are working on
anything like this, or would like to, please let us know.
The program proposal deadline is May 31.
Bill Lang
Rare Book Department
The Free Library of Philadelphia
215 686-5416
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