----------------------------Original message---------------------------- There is still time to register before the October 15th deadline for: School for Scanning: Issues of Preservation and Access for Paper-Based Collections Presented by the Northeast Document Conservation Center December 7-9, 1998 in New Orleans, LA What is the School for Scanning? A conference that will take the mystery out of digital technology while training participants in: The Basics of Digital Technology; Deciphering Digital Jargon; Content Selection for Digitization; Legal Issues of Digital Technology; Text and Image Scanning; Quality Control and Costs; The Essentials of Metadata; Digital Preservation: Theory or Reality; World Wide Web Publications; and Multi-versioning. Who Should Attend? If you are a librarian, archivist, curator, interpreter, historic preservation specialist, registrar, or other cultural or natural resource manager dealing with paper-based collections, you will be interested in attending the School for Scanning. No prior knowledge of digital media is required. Who Are the Faculty? Steve Dalton, NEDCC; Howard Besser, University of California at Berkeley; Steve Chapman, Harvard University; Paul Conway, Yale University Library; Walt Crawford, Research Libraries Group; Franziska Frey, Image Permanence Institute; Anne Gilliland-Swetland, UCLA; Melissa Smith Levine, Library of Congress; Wendy Lougee, University of Michigan; Jan Merrill-Oldham, Harvard University; Marc Pachter, Smithsonian Institution; Chuck Patch, Historic New Orleans Collection; John Price-Wilkin, University of Michigan; Steve Puglia, National Archives and Records Administration; Roy Tennant, University of California at Berkeley and Diane Vogt-O Connor, National Park Service. What does the conference cost? The cost of the conference is $255 for early bird registration, post marked by October 15, 1998, and $325 for late registration, deadline November 18, 1998. All participants will also be responsible for all their travel and lodging costs. The number of participants is limited and registration applications will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. The conference carries 18.5 contract hours of ICRM Certification Maintenance Credits Hours. To request a flier and registration material, contact Gay Tracy, Northeast Document Conservation Center, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810-1494; 978 470-1010; <[log in to unmask]>.