[Asis-l] Museums and the Web: March 19-22, 2003: Update

[J. Trant]

Join us!
	Museums and the Web 2003
	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
	March 19-22, 2003
	http://www.archimuse.com/mw2003/

	the international conference for culture and heritage online ...

Join us at the seventh annual Museums and the Web conference - the 
premier international venue to review the state of the Web in arts, 
culture, and heritage. The MW2003 program explores Web-related issues 
for museums, archives, libraries and other cultural institutions.

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Regular Registration ends Feb .15, 2003
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Be a part of the largest international gathering of museum web 
professionals. You can save on registration if you register by 
February 15, 2003. Register on-line at 
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2003/

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Save on Travel Costs
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Check the Seat Sales! Major airlines are offering significant savings 
on travel. Sample round-trip airfare March 18-23 are:

	New York or Boston      $210
	Chicago		$185
	San Francisco	$273
	Los Angeles	$312
	Dallas		$235

Check out the prices and plan to join us at MW2003!

Hotel Registration Deadline: Ensure the great rate of  $125 per 
night. Reserve your room by February 26, 2003. See 
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2003/ or call call -  +1 704.372.4100 and 
mention Museums and the Web.

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Closing Plenary Session: Interfaces, New Views
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What do a curator, a game designer and a cognitive scientist have to 
say about new directions for culture on-line? Hear three leaders 
apply their specialist knowledge to the past and future of culture 
and heritage on-line, and reflect on three days of papers and 
discussions with colleagues from over 35 countries.

* The more you look the more you get: intention-based interface using 
gaze-tracking *
* Slavko Milekic, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science & Digital 
Interface Design, University of the Arts, USA (and designer of 
engaging interfaces for users of all ages)

* From GUI to Gallery, a Study of Online Virtual Environments *
* Steve Guynup, Literature, Communication and Culture, Georgia Tech, 
USA (and designer of a number of award winning 3-D worlds)

* Interfacing the Digital *
* Steve Dietz, Curator New Media, Walker Art Center, USA (and curator 
of Gallery 9, a space for digital art)

See the full abstracts of this session, linked from 
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2003/sessions/index.html#EVT75000275


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Join us at Museums and the Web
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As well as the plenary session, MW2003 will feature eighteen parallel 
sessions, 60 museum project demonstrations, dozens of commercial 
exhibits, seven full-day and 6 half-day pre-conference workshops, and 
ten one-hour mini-workshops combined with a day long usability lab, a 
day long design "crit room", and the Best of the Web awards. All 
papers presented at MW2003 are peer reviewed. See 
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2003/sessions/ for links to abstracts and 
speaker biographies.

Pre-conference workshops include seven full-day and six half-day 
workshops will be given by leaders in the museum computing field. 
Topics are both theoretical and practical, offering a focused way to 
build your skills. See http://www.archimuse.com/mw2003/workshops/ for 
full descriptions.

Social events include a Welcome Reception, Exhibitors'  Reception and 
the Charlotte Gallery Crawl, with special venues for MW registrants. 
See http://www.archimuse.com/mw2003/events/ for venues.

We hope to see you in Charlotte!

jennifer and David

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Museums and the Web		Archives & Museum Informatics
Co-Chairs:			158 Lee Avenue
David Bearman and Jennifer Trant	Toronto, Ontario
http://www.archimuse.com/mw.html 	Canada
phone +1 416 691 2516 / fax +1 416 352-6025 / email: info at archimuse.com