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The Northeast Document Conservation Center Presents Off the Wall and Online: Providing Web Access to Cultural Collections May 30-31, 2002 If you have time for only one conference this year, opt for Off the Wall and Online at The National Heritage Museum (formerly The Museum of Our National Heritage) in Lexington, Massachusetts. This cutting-edge conference from the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) in Andover, Massachusetts is designed to serve institutions that are digitizing or planning to digitize collections and also those who simply want to make their Websites more interesting. As the emergence of the World Wide Web has made the world smaller, museums and their online audiences have grown tremendously. This event will address the questions and challenges facing both large and small institutions that are undertaking digitization projects and putting images from their collections online for educational purposes, research, and public relations. The NEDCC conference will bring together museum educators, technical experts, and administrators to discuss the new access opportunities as well as often perplexing issues of quality versus cost and longevity of the digital files. A keynote address by Beverly Sheppard, Deputy Director of IMLS will focus on outreach to diverse communities. New evaluation data will be presented to help define the online audience and determine what sorts of programs are most effective in engaging this audience. Topics will include: - The Changing Role of Museums - Attracting Visitors to a Website - Cooperating to Build Virtual Collections - Reaching Out to Diverse Audiences - Designing a Website - Quality of Scanned Images - Web-based Education - Image Capture for Preservation & Access The conference will be held on May 30-31, 2002 at The National Heritage Museum (formerly The Museum of Our National Heritage) in Lexington, Massachusetts. A National Museum Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) supports this high-profile event. IMLS is an independent, federal, grant-making agency that fosters leadership, innovation and education learning through museums and libraries. Co-sponsors are the New England Museum Association and The National Heritage Museum. NEDCC also receives financial support for its field service activities from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Registration information is available on NEDCC's Web site at www.nedcc.org or contact Ginny Hughes at [log in to unmask]