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Melbourne, 10 - 14 October 1998

CIDOC '98 CONFERENCE INFORMATION

THEME: DOCUMENTING AND COMMUNICATING CULTURAL AND NATURAL DIVERSITY

Documentation professionals have played an important role in creating and maintaining information which records the significance of heritage collections and is used to manage them. With the evolution of the Internet, this information is becoming increasingly important as a foundation on which museums can build "virtual" programmes and products to communicate their messages in new ways to local, regional, national and global audiences. The theme Documenting and Communicating Cultural and Natural Diversity provides wide opportunity for CIDOC members to confront these new challenges and opportunities while grappling with ongoing documentation issues. The theme complements the theme of the ICOM 98 General Conference: Museums and Cultural Diversity - Old Cultures, New Worlds.

SESSION SUB-THEMES

  1. Appreciating Diversity
  2. Knowledge Models
  3. Bridging Standards
  4. Beyond Data

A. Appreciating Diversity

The globalisation of our world requires increasing interaction between people from diverse cultures, beliefs and backgrounds. Museums must take this into account when making their information available. How can they ensure that their data is understood by culturally and ethnically diverse audiences? How can data provision address ethical issues such as privacy and natural or cultural sensitivity?

B. Knowledge Models

Museums have already created vast knowledge bases which will continue to grow in size and importance. However, present software tools do not facilitate retrieval of information from these knowledge bases in ways which respond to specific user needs. We require new communication tools based on more sophisticate knowledge models which incorporate automated intelligence to provide responsive retrieval. The session will review options and consider progress with pilot projects.

C. Bridging Standards

Standards were vital for museum documentation when cataloguing was its primary purpose. Standards remain a critical issue as we push beyond the horizons of this paradigm. As systems increase in complexity, the number of relevant standards increases and identifying which are most relevant becomes an issue. This session will review issues relating to current standards and look at the need to "standardise" standards. It will also provide opportunity for CIDOC members to share their experience of implementing systems in practical contexts.

D. Beyond Data

Contemporary museum documentation needs to be more than a catalogue of items. It should add value to raw item-level data and include contextual information which helps museums to communicate stories and issues to their audiences. This session will explore the challenges this poses and review approaches being adopted by CIDOC members.

WORKING GROUP SESSIONS

Working Groups play an important role in CIDOC's activities. Groups discuss and clarify issues and formulate standards and procedures for the museum community.

Working Groups will meet to address their agendas all day on Saturday 10 October and at other times during the conference, as indicated in the programme below.

PROGRAMME

Draft programme as at 10 September 1998. Subject to change. [TBC] = To be confirmed
Papers, or in some cases abstracts, may be downloaded by selecting any of the underlined titles, which are active links. Most papers are in Microsoft Word format (.doc) or text (.txt). Two very large papers by Hunter and by Milosavljevic et al., are in compressed (.zip) format. These are 1.958 Mb and 363 kb respectively. People who want to download all the papers together for off-line reading should select the files hunter.zip [1958 kb] and papers.zip [480 kb]. The second of these files contains all the papers except Hunter's. Any difficulties in downloading or extracting these papers should be reported to Leonard Will with an explanation of the problem.
Saturday 10th October
Location: Museum Victoria meeting rooms, 16th &18th levels, 222 Exhibition Street. [TBC]

0930-1100 Introduction to CIDOC Groups Chair: Pat Reed
1130-1300 CIDOC Groups
1430-1600 CIDOC Groups
1630-1800 CIDOC Groups

Monday 12th October
Location: Melbourne Convention Centre, room Bellarine 4.

0930-1100 Opening Session Chair: Jeanne Hogenboom

  1. Welcome and CIDOC Agenda for Conference: Jeanne Hogenboom
  2. Official Opening: Hon. John Button (Chairman, ICOM '98 Inc.). [TBC]
  3. Opening Keynote Address Dawn Casey (Executive Director, Construction Coordination Taskforce (Museum of Australia), Department of Communication and the Arts).
  4. Procedural matters: Jeanne Hogenboom and Martin Hallett
1130-1300 Report from CIDOC Groups. Chair: Jeanne Hogenboom.

1430-1600 Appreciating Diversity Chairs: Pat Young & Linda Cheong.

  1. Lyn Elliot Sherwood (Canada) & Jane Sledge (USA) - Once upon a time..
  2. Patrick Dodson (Australia) - The Australian Indigenous Cultural Network - indigenous collections on line
  3. Erica Persak (Australia) - Inside-out: diversity and the relationship to museum identity.
  4. Getty Institute delegate (USA) - Networking cultures
1630-1800 Appreciating Diversity (Continued)
  1. Jesmond Calleja (Australia) - Ancient cultures and new technological worlds - bridging diversity
  2. Lene Rold (Denmark) - Australian treasures: a collection of Australian artefacts in Denmark
  3. Daniela Daneliuc (Romania) [Read by Kati Geber] - CIDOC and cultural diversity
  4. Plenary discussion
1830 onwards Visit to Scienceworks, Science & Technology campus of Museum Victoria.
Location: Meet at CIDOC marshalling point for trip to Scienceworks Museum.

Tuesday 13th October
Location: Melbourne Convention Centre, room Bellarine 4.

0930-1100 Knowledge Models Chair: Jane Sledge

  1. Maria Milosavljevic et al. (Australia) - Virtual museums on the information superhighway: prospects and potholes.
  2. Anne S & Brooke Ewart (Australia) - Online and out there - the public communication of science on the Australian Museum website
  3. Martin Doerr (Greece) & Nick Crofts (Switzerland) - Electronic communication on diverse data - the role of an object-oriented CIDOC model
  4. Plenary discussion
1130-1300 Bridging Standards Chair: Louise Smith [TBC].
  1. David Bearman & Jennifer Trant (USA) - Making museum multimedia information usable.
  2. Jane Hunter (Australia) - The application of metadata standards to multimedia in museums [warning: 1.985 Mb file, hunter.zip, expanding to hunter.doc, 3.532 Mb]
  3. Sonya Finnigan & Linda Bird (Australia) - Harnessing cultural resources: the Web, Z39.50 and the CIMI profile
  4. Plenary discussion
1430-1600 Towards a Museology of Museum Multimedia.
Panel discussion chaired by Jennifer Trant (USA).
1430-1800 Market of Ideas Chair: Helen Page.
  1. Peny Theologi-Gouti (Greece) - Hellenic network for the diffusion of 'know-how' on the documentation of ethnographic objects
  2. Virgil Nitulescu (Romania) - Storing stories; data beyond objects
  3. Kati Geber (Canada) - Artefacts Canada
  4. Norbert Kanter (Germany) - The 'Arctic-Antarctica' exhibition - enhancing communication through five new media projects
  5. V.N. Singh (India) - Use of information technology in updating of museum records
  6. Monika Hagedorn-Saupe (Germany) - Call for cooperation on museum statistics
  7. Plenary discussion
1800 onwards CIDOC Reception and launch of the new Australian Museums On Line web site, and HCC Conservation Resource Kit, the Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne.
Location: Meet at CIDOC marshalling point for trip to the Ian Potter Museum of Art.

Wednesday 14th October
Location: Melbourne Convention Centre, room Bellarine 4.

0930-1100 Beyond Data Chair: Sarah Kenderdine

  1. Rachid Bouzidi (Morocco) - Du catalogage à l'information contextuelle: approches et objectifs
  2. Berengere Schietse (Belgium) - Recherche d'images: indexation textuelle versus indexation de contenu
  3. Martin Hallett et al. (Australia) - Australian Museums On Line (AMOL) - local museums on a global network
  4. Plenary discussion.
1130-1300 Closing Session Chair: Jeanne Hogenboom
  1. Summing up. Andrew Reeves (Australia).
  2. Plenary & conference resolutions
1430-1600 Appreciating Convergence Joint session with AVICOM.
Panel discussion with selected members of CIDOC and AVICOM. (AVICOM is ICOM's International Committee for Multimedia and New Sound and Image Technologies)
1630-1800 CIDOC Business Meeting Chair: Jeanne Hogenboom

1800 onwards Behind the scenes, collection relocation at the National Gallery of Victoria
Location: Meet at CIDOC marshalling point for trip to the National Gallery of Victoria.

TRANSLATION

Simultaneous translation into English and French will be provided at CIDOC 98 sessions (excluding Working Party meetings). Simultaneous translation into English, French and Spanish will be available at the plenary session and general assembly of the ICOM 98 General Conference.

VENUE

All formal CIDOC 98 sessions, along with all other ICOM 98 activities, will be held at the Melbourne Convention Centre on the periphery of the city precinct.

REGISTRATION

To participate in the CIDOC 98 programme, you must register for the ICOM 98 General Conference, nominating CIDOC as your preferred choice for International Committee activities.

Notice of intention to register

It would be helpful to the Local Organising Committee if CIDOC members indicate their intention to participate in CIDOC 98 in advance of formal registration. To do this, send the details requested below by e-mail or postal service to:

Mr. Lawrie Conole
Museum Victoria
GPO Box 666E
Melbourne 3000 Victoria Australia
Phone: +61 3 9669 9732
Fax: +61 3 9663 3669
E-mail: lconole@mov.vic.gov.au

Please provide the following information in your message:

Registration fee

The ICOM98 General Conference registration fee is $AUD530 ($AUD450 for early registration). Accompanying person fee is $AUD270 ($AUD230 for early registration). This fee must be paid when you register for the ICOM 98 General Conference. Note that early registration closes 30th June 1998 (extended from the previous date of 31st May).

There is no additional fee for participation in the formal sessions of the CIDOC 98 conference. However, if you wish to participate in the evening excursions and the CIDOC 98 reception, you will need to pay an additional fee of $AUD40 (TBC) to cover bus transportation and catering. There will be an additional amount of $AUD20 (TBC) payable to cover the costs of the printed programme, pre-prints and proceedings. Do not include this amount with your ICOM 98 registration fee, as it must be paid separately to the Local Organising Committee of the CIDOC 98 Conference.

ACCOMMODATION

A wide range of accommodation alternatives is available. Delegates will be able to book accommodation when completing the registration form for the ICOM 98 General Conference.

CONTACTS

CALL FOR PAPERS

programme Coordinators:

Lawrie Conole, Museum Victoria, Local Organising Committee
Ecaterina Geber, Canadian Heritage Information Network, CIDOC Board

The theme for the CIDOC98 Conference is Documenting and Communicating Cultural and Natural Diversity.

Conference session sub-themes are:

  1. Appreciating Diversity
  2. Knowledge Models
  3. Bridging Standards
  4. Beyond Data
Papers will be allowed 15 to 20 minutes for presentation, and the submitted abstract should not exceed 500 words.

Each session will feature a keynote speaker and three contributed papers. Each session will close with questions and discussion.

There will also be a Market of Ideas session on general documentation issues. Eight to ten short papers will be included in this session.

CIDOC members are invited to submit proposals for relevant papers. Proposals may be submitted in English or French.

I am sending a proposal for a (circle appropriate option):

Full name of author(s):



Address:



Title of paper:



Relevant sub-theme:


NOTE: Do not forget to attach your abstract

SENDING PROPOSALS

Proposals should be sent either:
  1. By e-mail to Lawrie Conole at <lconole@mov.vic.gov.au>, either as unformatted text in the body of the message, or an attached file (please specify the file format in your message).
  2. By airmail postal service enclosing hard copy and, if possible, an electronic version on a 3¼" IBM-format floppy disk. Please specify the file format. Address to:

    Mr. Lawrie Conole
    Museum Victoria
    GPO Box 666E
    Melbourne 3000 Victoria Australia

Proposals must be received by the Local Organising Committee by 31 May 1998.

http://cidoc.icom.museum/conf98.htm
Revised/dernière mise à jour: 16th September 1998 (information about the ICOM Triennial Conference 1998 and tourism in Australia removed 31st July 2000).
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