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CALL FOR PAPERS
ICHIM97 @ LOUVRE.FR
The Fourth International Conference on Hypermedia and Interactivity in
Museums (ICHIM97) will be held at the Louvre in Paris, September 1-5, 1997.
As with previous ICHIM conferences, the focus of the meeting will be on the
ways in which hypermedia and interactive experiences can enhance museum
visits and museum publications as well as serve as the foundation for
enhanced curatorship and scientific research. Proposals to submit papers
will be accepted through January 30, 1997. Papers are due in final form no
later than May 15, 1997, in either French or English. Papers will be
published in their original language, with abstracts in both French and
English, and will be published in an edited trade paperback edition, given
as part of conference registration but available after the conference for
sale to the public.
Proposals may be for:
* individual papers (submit an abstract and speaker biography)
* 1.5 hour session (submit a session description PLUS individual paper
abstracts and biographies of a maximum 3 speakers, two speakers with a
commentator preferred). Speakers must have agreed to participate and write
papers.
* 3.0 hour session (submit a session description PLUS individual paper
abstracts and biographies of a maximum 5 speakers). Speakers must have
agreed to participate and write papers.
* a demonstration of a museum system by museum personnel (submit a
description of the application). Commercial demonstrators should apply for
the commercial exhibit. In general demonstrators will be expected to bring
their applications on a laptop computer; large monitors and/or projection
equipment will be available.
Full details required for all proposed organizers, commentators, speakers
and demonstrators include:
Name
Title
Organization
Address
Phone
Fax
E-mail
All conference participants must register for the conference.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Museum Content: Digital capture and representation, multimedia and object
database management, licensing
Hypermedia Design: Interfaces, searching, navigation, linking methods,
metaphors & object typologies
Interactive Publications: Product development, delivery formats, marketing
and distribution, online delivery systems
Installations: Ergonomics, audiences, human-computer interaction
Museum Applications: Conservation, education, multimedia documentation,
rights management, membership and development, sales and marketing
Evaluation: Formative evaluation, product pre-testing, summative evaluation,
impact assessment, sales
Collaboration: Museum/Industry partnerships, Museum/University & School
partnerships, Standards
Legal and Societal Impacts: Copyright, visual literacy & mediacy, the
concept of museums, economic models, training
A web site with conference details will be available in January 1997 at
www.louvre.fr/ichim97 and at www.archimuse.com/ichim97.
Respond to David Bearman, Conference Organizer, [log in to unmask]
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David A. Wallace
Archives & Museum Informatics
5501 Walnut Street, Suite 203
Pittsburgh, PA 15232-2311 USA
voice: +1-412-683-9775
fax: +1-412-683-7366
email: [log in to unmask]
URL: www.archimuse.com
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