Electronic Media General Session at AIC in June

[Sarah Stauderman <stauderman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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AIC Announces Program for its 28th Annual Meeting
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 8-13, 2000

The 28th Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of
Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) will be held June 8-13, 2000 at the Adams
Mark Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  AIC is the national membership
organization of conservation professionals dedicated to preserving the art
and historic artifacts of our cultural heritage for future generations.

The general session, entitled "Preservation of Electronic Media," will
commence on the morning of Friday, June 9th with the keynote address.  The
keynote speaker is MAXWELL L. ANDERSON, Director, Whitney Museum of American
Art, New York, NY with a lecture entitled "Cupped Hands in the Stream:
Digital Media's Challenge to Collecting Institutions."

Featured lectures include:
- Between Cinema and a Hard Place: The Conservation and Documentation of a
Video Installation by Gary Hill, PIP LAURENSON, Conservator of Media Arts,
The Tate Gallery, London, England
- Technological Evolution of Video, JIM LINDNER, President, VidiPax, New
York, NY
- Accelerated Life Expectancy Estimation of Data Storage Media: How Long
Will It Last, and How Do You Know?, WILLIAM P. MURRAY, Reliability Engineer,
Maplewood, MN
- Immaterial Culture: Collecting in the 21st Century, ABBY SMITH, Council on
Library Information Resources, Washington, DC
q Documentation as Conservation: The Process of Becoming and Sustaining Art,
JUDITH VAN BARON, Vice President for External Affairs, Savannah College of
Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Collecting Video Art: What are the Minimum Accession Requirements?, SARAH
STAUDERMAN, Conservator, Smithsonian Archives, Washington, DC
- Digital Information Lasts Forever - or Five Years, Whichever Comes First,
JEFF ROTHENBERG, Senior Computer Scientist, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica,
CA

 On Saturday, June 10th the general session will continue.  Featured
lectures include:
- The Effects of Moisture Content on Cultural Materials, MARION MECKLENBURG,
Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education, Washington, DC and
SHEILA FAIRBRASS , Surface Measurements Systems, Cooperburg, PA
- Laser Technolgoes and Digital Analysis for the Documentation, Assessment
and Treatment of Historic Structures and Sites, GUY MUNSCH, Architectural
Conservator, Philadelphia, PA
- On-line Artifactual Treatment Documentation Management System and
Multimedia Training Production, MARC REEVES AND ANNA STENSTROM, The
Goldsmith Conservation Laboratory, New York Public Library, New York, NY
- Computerized Information System for Preservation Management, JAMES M.
REILLY, DOUGLAS NISHIMURA, EDWARD ZINN AND MARIA FERNANDA VALVERDE, Image
Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
- The Use of Handheld Computers in Preservation and Conservation Settings,
ANDREW ROBB, Library of Congress, Washington, DC and  JEANNE DREWES,
Michigan State Libraries, Lansing, MI
- The Application of Digital Image Analysis to Performance Assessment of
Coatings on Outdoor Bronze and Copper, TARA SHEDLOSKY AND E. RENE DE LA RIE,
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC and LYNN BROSTOFF, Research Center
on the Materials of the Artist and Conservator
- John Singer Sargent as Muralist, Architect and Sculptor: Examination and
Treatment of the Rotunda and Grand Staircase at the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, LYDIA VAGTS, Cambridge, MA AND PAMELA HATCHFIELD, Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, MA
- The Application of Image Analysis to Thin-Section Examination in Objects
and Architectural Conservation, ELIZABETH GOINS AND CHANDRA REEDY,
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
- Imaging Zapruder's JFK Assasination Film: A Hybrid Approach to
Preservation and Presentation, JOSEPH BARABE, Director of Scientific
Imaging, McCrone Associates, Westmont, IL

Sessions will be conducted by AIC specialty groups (Architecture, Books &
Paper, Objects, Electronic Media, Paintings, Photographic Materials,
Research & Technical Studies, Textiles, Wooden Artifacts, and Conservators
in Private Practice) the balance of the meeting on current topics of
interest in their respective fields.  Other meeting offerings include an
exhibit hall featuring conservation suppliers June 10-12, city tours and
workshops held at museums and sites throughout the Philadelphia metro area.

Financial support for the 28th Annual Meeting has been generously provided
by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Claneil Foundation, the National
Center for Preservation Technology and Training, Willard Developments LTD,
Heritage Preservation and Aon/Huntington T. Block Insurance Agency.

For full program details and registration materials, information about
becoming an exhibitor or other questions concerning the annual meeting,
please contact Megan Dennis at the AIC office:

American Institute for Conservation
of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
1717 K Street NW   Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 452-9545    Fax: (202) 452-9328
E-mail: Info@xxxxxxxxxxxx     Web site: http://aic.stanford.edu


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Sarah Stauderman <stauderman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>