----------------------------Original message---------------------------- ------------------ The Information Ecosystem: Managing the Life Cycle of Information for Preservation and Access March 10-13, 1998 at Archives II, College Park, Maryland Sponsored by the National Park Service Museum Management Program and National Register of Historic Places, the National Archives and Records Administration Presented by the Northeast Document Conservation Center What is the Information Ecosystem? A course that teaches managers how to create, manage, adapt, and reuse information, particularly electronic information, in a project setting. Attendees will learn answers to: =B7 What is the ecology of information? =B7 Who are the stakeholders in the information ecosystem? =B7 How do you create long-lived information effectively? What are the = payoffs? =B7 What information systems exist? How can you adaptively reuse their contents? =B7 How do you plan for effective information management in the 21st = century? =B7 How do you integrate legacy data into your systems? =B7 What new and endangered species do we have in the information ecosystem? =B7 What are the special challenges and opportunities of digital projects? =B7 What are the legal constraints on information use? =B7 What are the best research sources, strategies, tools, and help sources? Who Should Attend? Middle and upper managers of cultural and natural resources who are responsible for supervising the creation, management, use and/or adaptive reuse of information. Program heads, division and department directors, park superintendents, information officers, records managers, librarians, archivists, state historic preservation officers, and others from the federal and state government, nonprofit organizations, and corporations will be interested in attending. What Will the Course Cost? The fee for the conference is =24285 including lunches. Participants will be responsible for their travel and lodging costs. The number of participants is limited. Do I Register or Get More Information? For more information on The Information Ecosystem: Managing the Life Cycle of Information, contact: Gay Tracy, Northeast Document Conservation Center, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810, Fax 978 -475 6021, email =3Ctracy=40nedcc.org=3E. The registration deadline is 2-27-98. This conference was made possible, in part, with special funding by the National Park Service through its Cultural Resource Training Initiative and by the Northeast Document Conservation Center. Gay S. Tracy Public Relations Coordinator Northeast Document Conservation Center 100 Brickstone Square Andover MA 01810-1494 Tel 978 470-1010 Fax 978 475-6021 =3Ctracy=40nedcc.org=3E Web site: http://www.nedcc.org