----------------------------Original message---------------------------- This is cross-posted from MUSEUM-L, sorry for the duplication. Thought some museum libraries would be interested. Marianne Cavanaugh Saint Louis Art Museum >Return-Path: [log in to unmask] >X-Sender: [log in to unmask] >Newsgroups: bit.listserv.museum-l >Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 17:21:33 -0400 >Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> >From: "J. Trant" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: AMICO Update >To: [log in to unmask] > >ART MUSEUM IMAGE CONSORTIUM (AMICO) UPDATE > >Please excuse any duplication ... > >The members of the Association of Art Museum Directors are investigating >the formation of a consortium to make their digital documentation >collectively available to the educational community. Representatives of >major North American Museums are meeting to define the terms of their >collaboration and to outline the nature of a common digital library of >text, image and multimedia data. > >Details about this emerging organisation and the formation of the >consortium can be found at www.amn.org/AMICO. The report of the group's >most recent meeting is also available at this site. > >Questions regarding AMICO can be directed to: > >Maxwell Anderson >Liason for Information Technology >Association of Art Museum Directors >[log in to unmask] > >or > >Jennifer Trant or David Bearman >Archives & Museum Informatics >[log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] > >-------- >J. Trant [log in to unmask] >Partner and Principal Consultant www.archimuse.com >Archives & Museums Informatics >5501 Walnut St., Suite 203 ph. + 1-412-683-9775 >Pittsburgh, PA USA 15232 fax + 1-412-683-7366 >-------- > >