----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Please excuse cross-postings 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] ------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------