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Digital Directions
Museum of Man at Balboa Park, San Diego, CAPhoto: © Aleksandr Buzko / Dreamstime.com
Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections
Co-sponsored by Balboa Art Conservation Center
May 27–29, 2009
Westin San DiegoSan Diego, California
Digital Directions: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections is an updated version of NEDCC’s popular School for Scanning, which was first presented in 1995. The conference has kept up with evolving standards and practices over the years, and the new name reflects its expanded content, which now encompasses the full life-cycle of digital objects, from planning to creation to sustainability.
Who should attend?Administrators and staff from libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, and other collections-holding institutions nationwide, as well as corporate archivists and government records managers–anyone eager to learn about digitization basics, selection of hardware and software, and planning and managing digital projects. Digital Directions is geared toward participants with a beginning or intermediate level of digital knowledge.
Topics Include:
Collaboration
Planning a Digital Project
Selection for Digitization
Scanning Basics
Image Capture
Metadata
Outsourcing and Vendor Relations
Exploring Strategies for Digital Preservation
Essentials of Delivery Systems
Copyright and Rights Management
Standards and Best Practices
Funding for Digitization
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Digital Directions Workshop, May 27–29, 2009
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
UH Costume Collection Exhibit - Threads of Hope Celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness
October 3, 2008
Threads of Hope Opening Reception, 7-9 pm
This Friday from 7-9 pm the Hawaii Fashion Incubator is hosting an opening reception for "Threads of Hope: An Exhibition of the UH Costume Collection Celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness."
Stop by to view historic garments from the 1800s to the present. Wine and light pupus are provided. All are welcome!
Stop by to view historic garments from the 1800s to the present. Wine and light pupus are provided. All are welcome!
2nd floor, Aloha Tower Marketplace (Diamondhead/Makai of Center courtyard)
Mahalo to our sponsors: Hooters, and Little Black Dress
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Honolulu hosts Textile Society of America 2008 Symposium
September 24 – 27, 2008
Join the Textile Society of America at its 2008 Symposium in Honolulu. Hawaii is the most geographically isolated island chain in the world and a crossroad of cultures between the East and West. As the melting pot of the Pacific, Hawaii’s diverse cultures will be highlighted at the many tours offered before and after the symposium.
Textiles serve as records of a culture’s history and values. From the work of traditional textile artisans to contemporary artists, the uses, meanings and stories associated with the textile arts provide a wealth of possible expressions.
Honolulu is the 11th largest city in the country and boasts a host of amenities. Flights to the island of O‘ahu arrive at Honolulu International Airport, just a short ride via taxi or shuttle to our host hotel. The Sheraton Waikiki is located on the beach once the playground of kings and queens. Many other hotels are conveniently nearby, as are restaurants and shops.
Join the Textile Society of America at its 2008 Symposium in Honolulu. Hawaii is the most geographically isolated island chain in the world and a crossroad of cultures between the East and West. As the melting pot of the Pacific, Hawaii’s diverse cultures will be highlighted at the many tours offered before and after the symposium.
Textiles serve as records of a culture’s history and values. From the work of traditional textile artisans to contemporary artists, the uses, meanings and stories associated with the textile arts provide a wealth of possible expressions.
Honolulu is the 11th largest city in the country and boasts a host of amenities. Flights to the island of O‘ahu arrive at Honolulu International Airport, just a short ride via taxi or shuttle to our host hotel. The Sheraton Waikiki is located on the beach once the playground of kings and queens. Many other hotels are conveniently nearby, as are restaurants and shops.
UH Colloquium for The Exhibition Writing With Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA
ART GALLERY
DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY
2535 MCCARTHY MALL
HONOLULU, HI 96822 USA
ph: 808-956-6888
fax: 808-956-9659
PRESS INFORMATION: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 11, 2008CONTACT:
Tom Klobe, Emeritus Director (808) 261-6461, klobetm@hawaii.edu
Lisa Yoshihara, Director (808) 956-6888, gallery@hawaii.edu
Sharon Tasaka, Associate Director (808) 956-6888, gallery@hawaii.edu
COLLOQUIUM
Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities
Four scholars from China and one from Taiwan join three scholars from the United States and Canada to foster cross-cultural understanding of ideas and methodologies. This international team of scholars, museum professionals, and field experts of various disciplines will present the research they conducted for the exhibition Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities.
SPONSORS
Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities is sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History and the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The exhibition and colloquium has received major support from the UH Manoa Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, John Young Foundation, Blakemore Foundation, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawaii and the National Endowment for the Arts, Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation, Blodwyn Goo Endowment, Women's Campus Club, Watumull Grant for Museum Studies in the Arts, Wing Tek Lum and Chee Ping Lee Lum, and private contributions.
LOCATION
Kuykendall Auditorium, Room 101
University of Hawaii at Manoa
DATE
Tuesday, September 23, 2008TIME
9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
ADMISSION
Admission is free. Parking fees may apply.
COLLOQUIUM SUMMARY
A special opportunity awaits those interested in Chinese minority textiles. The University of Hawaii Art Gallery presents an international colloquium in conjunction with the major loan exhibition, Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities, from the Evergrand Museum in Taiwan. Four scholars from China and one from Taiwan join three from the United States and Canada to make summary presentations of their research in preparation for the exhibition and catalogue. The eight research associates who worked on this project will discuss the outcomes of their work and answer questions from those attending the colloquium.
The scholars include:Deng Qiyao, Professor and Dean, School of Communication and Design, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaStevan Harrell, Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle
Huang Ying Feng, Architect, Collector, and Curatorial Advisor for Writing with Thread, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Li Qianbin, Director and Curator, Guizhou Provincial Museum, Guizhou, China
Kate Lingley, Assistant Professor of Chinese Art History, University of Hawaii
Angela Sheng, Assistant Professor of Chinese Art History, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; curator of Writing with ThreadXi Keding, Curator, Cultural Palace of Nationalities, Guizhou; Consultant, Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics, Guizhou, China
Zhang Xiao, Director and Associate Professor, Institute of Minority Culture, Guizhou Academy of Social Sciences, Guizhou, China
Interpreters will assist in the presentations.
EXHIBITION SUMMARY
The University of Hawaii Art Gallery hosts a major exhibition from Taiwan that coincides with the Textile Society of America 11th Biennial Symposium in Honolulu. The exhibition, Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities, on loan from the Evergrand Art Museum from September 21-November 30, 2008, features a collection of southwest Chinese ethnic minority costumes unmatched in the world. During the last 17 years, the Evergrand Museum in Taiwan, under the direction of Huang Ying Feng, has assembled the most extraordinary examples of the textile arts of the southwest region of China. Of over 11,000 pieces collected by Mr. Huang, more than 500 objects, including historically significant clothing and spectacular silver ornaments from 15 ethnic groups and nearly 100 subgroups, will be shown in the United States for the first time in Writing with Thread.
Writing with Thread will provide an arresting visual feast of exquisite and rare costumes. Visitors will wander through the gallery to view entire ensembles of women's, men's and children's regalia, baby carriers, quilt covers, festive and religious vestments, silver jewelry, embroidered silk valences, and wax-resist dyed curtains, plus a loom, weaving tools, and embroidery cases. All are arranged in a meandering environment that suggests the great river systems of this region of China along which the various groups settled.
Writing with Thread explores the meanings associated with the production and use of indigenous clothing. In societies without written languages, traditions and customs are orally passed from generation to generation. However, the textile arts, largely practiced by women, provide tangible evidence of a group's history, myths, and legends. The signs and patterns woven or embroidered in their clothing are often replicated in the accompanying silver ornaments made by men. Together, the textiles and silver ornaments, as complements to their oral traditions, record and transmit ideas and concepts that are important for the preservation and reconstruction of the identities of their makers and users.
The exhibition, the largest and most comprehensive of its kind to date, will showcase the finest and rarest costumes from the Miao (Hmong), Yi, Dong, Tujia, Shui, Zhuang, Dai, Buyi, Yao, Gelao, Hani, Jingpo, Li, Maonan, and Zang. The needlework and silverwork of each ethnic group show variations in their myths of origin and heroic combats, communal memories, and wish fulfillment.
The University of Hawaii Art Gallery has assembled an international team of scholars to conduct research for the exhibition and the accompanying catalogue. Textile scholar Angela Sheng from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is principal curator of the exhibition. She has worked with scholars in China to select the most extraordinary examples of objects from this unparalleled collection.
The scale and quality of this spectacular exhibition has already gained worldwide attention. Writing with Thread serves as the fulcrum for the Textile Society of America Biennial Symposium, "Textiles as Cultural Expressions," in Honolulu. From Wednesday, September 24 to Saturday, September 27, 2008 hundreds of textile specialists, curators from many of the most distinguished museums, and scholars from around the world will meet in Hawaii to share their research and observe and learn about Hawaii's own multifaceted textile traditions. Museums and galleries throughout Honolulu will also present textile related exhibitions.
Following its presentation at the University of Hawaii Art Gallery Writing with Thread will travel to the Chazen Art Museum at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
PUBLICATION
A 320-page illustrated catalogue will document the exhibition.
PUBLICITY PHOTOS
High-resolution digital images are available upon request.
WEBSITE
For more information please visit http://www.hawaii.edu/artgallery
University of Hawaii System
Established in 1907 and fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the University of Hawaii is the state's sole public system of higher education. The UH System provides an array of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees and community programs on 10 campuses and through educational, training, and research centers across the state. UH enrolls more than 50,000 students from Hawaii, the U.S. mainland, and around the world. For more information visit http://www.hawaii.edu/.
ART GALLERY
DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY
2535 MCCARTHY MALL
HONOLULU, HI 96822 USA
ph: 808-956-6888
fax: 808-956-9659
PRESS INFORMATION: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 11, 2008CONTACT:
Tom Klobe, Emeritus Director (808) 261-6461, klobetm@hawaii.edu
Lisa Yoshihara, Director (808) 956-6888, gallery@hawaii.edu
Sharon Tasaka, Associate Director (808) 956-6888, gallery@hawaii.edu
COLLOQUIUM
Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities
Four scholars from China and one from Taiwan join three scholars from the United States and Canada to foster cross-cultural understanding of ideas and methodologies. This international team of scholars, museum professionals, and field experts of various disciplines will present the research they conducted for the exhibition Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities.
SPONSORS
Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities is sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History and the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The exhibition and colloquium has received major support from the UH Manoa Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, John Young Foundation, Blakemore Foundation, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawaii and the National Endowment for the Arts, Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation, Blodwyn Goo Endowment, Women's Campus Club, Watumull Grant for Museum Studies in the Arts, Wing Tek Lum and Chee Ping Lee Lum, and private contributions.
LOCATION
Kuykendall Auditorium, Room 101
University of Hawaii at Manoa
DATE
Tuesday, September 23, 2008TIME
9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
ADMISSION
Admission is free. Parking fees may apply.
COLLOQUIUM SUMMARY
A special opportunity awaits those interested in Chinese minority textiles. The University of Hawaii Art Gallery presents an international colloquium in conjunction with the major loan exhibition, Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities, from the Evergrand Museum in Taiwan. Four scholars from China and one from Taiwan join three from the United States and Canada to make summary presentations of their research in preparation for the exhibition and catalogue. The eight research associates who worked on this project will discuss the outcomes of their work and answer questions from those attending the colloquium.
The scholars include:Deng Qiyao, Professor and Dean, School of Communication and Design, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaStevan Harrell, Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle
Huang Ying Feng, Architect, Collector, and Curatorial Advisor for Writing with Thread, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Li Qianbin, Director and Curator, Guizhou Provincial Museum, Guizhou, China
Kate Lingley, Assistant Professor of Chinese Art History, University of Hawaii
Angela Sheng, Assistant Professor of Chinese Art History, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; curator of Writing with ThreadXi Keding, Curator, Cultural Palace of Nationalities, Guizhou; Consultant, Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics, Guizhou, China
Zhang Xiao, Director and Associate Professor, Institute of Minority Culture, Guizhou Academy of Social Sciences, Guizhou, China
Interpreters will assist in the presentations.
EXHIBITION SUMMARY
The University of Hawaii Art Gallery hosts a major exhibition from Taiwan that coincides with the Textile Society of America 11th Biennial Symposium in Honolulu. The exhibition, Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities, on loan from the Evergrand Art Museum from September 21-November 30, 2008, features a collection of southwest Chinese ethnic minority costumes unmatched in the world. During the last 17 years, the Evergrand Museum in Taiwan, under the direction of Huang Ying Feng, has assembled the most extraordinary examples of the textile arts of the southwest region of China. Of over 11,000 pieces collected by Mr. Huang, more than 500 objects, including historically significant clothing and spectacular silver ornaments from 15 ethnic groups and nearly 100 subgroups, will be shown in the United States for the first time in Writing with Thread.
Writing with Thread will provide an arresting visual feast of exquisite and rare costumes. Visitors will wander through the gallery to view entire ensembles of women's, men's and children's regalia, baby carriers, quilt covers, festive and religious vestments, silver jewelry, embroidered silk valences, and wax-resist dyed curtains, plus a loom, weaving tools, and embroidery cases. All are arranged in a meandering environment that suggests the great river systems of this region of China along which the various groups settled.
Writing with Thread explores the meanings associated with the production and use of indigenous clothing. In societies without written languages, traditions and customs are orally passed from generation to generation. However, the textile arts, largely practiced by women, provide tangible evidence of a group's history, myths, and legends. The signs and patterns woven or embroidered in their clothing are often replicated in the accompanying silver ornaments made by men. Together, the textiles and silver ornaments, as complements to their oral traditions, record and transmit ideas and concepts that are important for the preservation and reconstruction of the identities of their makers and users.
The exhibition, the largest and most comprehensive of its kind to date, will showcase the finest and rarest costumes from the Miao (Hmong), Yi, Dong, Tujia, Shui, Zhuang, Dai, Buyi, Yao, Gelao, Hani, Jingpo, Li, Maonan, and Zang. The needlework and silverwork of each ethnic group show variations in their myths of origin and heroic combats, communal memories, and wish fulfillment.
The University of Hawaii Art Gallery has assembled an international team of scholars to conduct research for the exhibition and the accompanying catalogue. Textile scholar Angela Sheng from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is principal curator of the exhibition. She has worked with scholars in China to select the most extraordinary examples of objects from this unparalleled collection.
The scale and quality of this spectacular exhibition has already gained worldwide attention. Writing with Thread serves as the fulcrum for the Textile Society of America Biennial Symposium, "Textiles as Cultural Expressions," in Honolulu. From Wednesday, September 24 to Saturday, September 27, 2008 hundreds of textile specialists, curators from many of the most distinguished museums, and scholars from around the world will meet in Hawaii to share their research and observe and learn about Hawaii's own multifaceted textile traditions. Museums and galleries throughout Honolulu will also present textile related exhibitions.
Following its presentation at the University of Hawaii Art Gallery Writing with Thread will travel to the Chazen Art Museum at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
PUBLICATION
A 320-page illustrated catalogue will document the exhibition.
PUBLICITY PHOTOS
High-resolution digital images are available upon request.
WEBSITE
For more information please visit http://www.hawaii.edu/artgallery
University of Hawaii System
Established in 1907 and fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the University of Hawaii is the state's sole public system of higher education. The UH System provides an array of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees and community programs on 10 campuses and through educational, training, and research centers across the state. UH enrolls more than 50,000 students from Hawaii, the U.S. mainland, and around the world. For more information visit http://www.hawaii.edu/.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Conference - Persistence of Memory: Sustaining Digital Collections
December 9–10, 2008
InterContinental Chicago HotelChicago, Illinois
Presented by The Northeast Document Conservation Center
Co-Sponsored by the Society of American Archivists American Library AssociationCenter for Research Libraries
Taught by a Faculty of National Experts, this two-day conference on digital longevity provides information about the latest developments in digital preservation to help you with the life-cycle management of your institution’s collections.
Conference Cost: $425
Group Discount Rate: Register 3 or more individuals from the same institution at the same time for $340 each.
Intercontinental Chicago Hotel Rate: $175 / Night
For Complete Conference Information and Online Registration:http://northeastdocumentconservationcenter.cmail5.com/l/485897/6ijj061i/y
InterContinental Chicago HotelChicago, Illinois
Presented by The Northeast Document Conservation Center
Co-Sponsored by the Society of American Archivists American Library AssociationCenter for Research Libraries
Taught by a Faculty of National Experts, this two-day conference on digital longevity provides information about the latest developments in digital preservation to help you with the life-cycle management of your institution’s collections.
Conference Cost: $425
Group Discount Rate: Register 3 or more individuals from the same institution at the same time for $340 each.
Intercontinental Chicago Hotel Rate: $175 / Night
For Complete Conference Information and Online Registration:http://northeastdocumentconservationcenter.cmail5.com/l/485897/6ijj061i/y
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Herbarium Receives IMLS Conservation Bookshelf Award
For Immediate Release
Contact: Michael B. Thomas, (808) 956-4168, herbaria@hawaii.edu
IMLS Contact: Jeannine Mjoseth, 202-653-4632, orjmjoseth@imls.gov
HONOLULU, Hawaii – Treasured teaching and scientific plant specimens held by the UH Herbarium, part of the UH Museum Consortium, will be preserved for future generations with help from the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, a core set of conservation books, DVDs, and online resources donated by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the primary source of federal funding of the nation’s museums and libraries. IMLS and its cooperator, the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), will award a total of 3,000 free sets of the IMLS Bookshelf by the end of 2009.
Dr. Michael Thomas, Herbarium Collection Manager said “The IMLS Conservation Bookshelf will be an essential tool to assist in the preservation of campus Natural History collections. These collections are an important University legacy held in trust from the past and a gift to future researchers and students. Unfortunately, time, insects, flood and fire can destroy our campus collections and once lost, they cannot easily be recovered."
“We are very pleased to announce the recipients of the IMLS Bookshelf in the second round of competition. These libraries, museums, and archives are in the forefront of our call to action on behalf of America’s collections,” said Anne-Imelda Radice, Director of IMLS. “According to a recent national survey, our important collections are at great risk, and without them, the American story simply cannot be told to future generations.”
The UH Herbarium is being awarded this essential set of resources based on an application describing the needs and plans for care of its collections. The IMLS Bookshelf focuses on collections typically found in history or art museums and in libraries' special collections, with an added selection of texts for zoos, aquaria, public gardens, and nature centers. It addresses such topics as the philosophy and ethics of collecting, collections management and planning, emergency preparedness, and culturally specific conservation issues.
The IMLS Bookshelf is a crucial component of Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action, a conservation initiative that the Institute launched in 2006. IMLS began the initiative in response to a 2005 study by Heritage Preservation documenting the dire state of the nation’s collections. The multi-faceted, multi-year initiative shines a nationwide spotlight on the needs of America’s collections, especially those held by smaller institutions, which often lack the human and financial resources necessary to adequately care for their collections. For more information on the conservation initiative, please go to www.imls.gov/collections.
About the Institute of Museum and Library ServicesThe Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the national level and in coordination with state and local organizations to sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; and support professional development. To learn more about the Institute, please visit www.imls.gov.
Contact: Michael B. Thomas, (808) 956-4168, herbaria@hawaii.edu
IMLS Contact: Jeannine Mjoseth, 202-653-4632, orjmjoseth@imls.gov
HONOLULU, Hawaii – Treasured teaching and scientific plant specimens held by the UH Herbarium, part of the UH Museum Consortium, will be preserved for future generations with help from the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, a core set of conservation books, DVDs, and online resources donated by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the primary source of federal funding of the nation’s museums and libraries. IMLS and its cooperator, the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), will award a total of 3,000 free sets of the IMLS Bookshelf by the end of 2009.
Dr. Michael Thomas, Herbarium Collection Manager said “The IMLS Conservation Bookshelf will be an essential tool to assist in the preservation of campus Natural History collections. These collections are an important University legacy held in trust from the past and a gift to future researchers and students. Unfortunately, time, insects, flood and fire can destroy our campus collections and once lost, they cannot easily be recovered."
“We are very pleased to announce the recipients of the IMLS Bookshelf in the second round of competition. These libraries, museums, and archives are in the forefront of our call to action on behalf of America’s collections,” said Anne-Imelda Radice, Director of IMLS. “According to a recent national survey, our important collections are at great risk, and without them, the American story simply cannot be told to future generations.”
The UH Herbarium is being awarded this essential set of resources based on an application describing the needs and plans for care of its collections. The IMLS Bookshelf focuses on collections typically found in history or art museums and in libraries' special collections, with an added selection of texts for zoos, aquaria, public gardens, and nature centers. It addresses such topics as the philosophy and ethics of collecting, collections management and planning, emergency preparedness, and culturally specific conservation issues.
The IMLS Bookshelf is a crucial component of Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action, a conservation initiative that the Institute launched in 2006. IMLS began the initiative in response to a 2005 study by Heritage Preservation documenting the dire state of the nation’s collections. The multi-faceted, multi-year initiative shines a nationwide spotlight on the needs of America’s collections, especially those held by smaller institutions, which often lack the human and financial resources necessary to adequately care for their collections. For more information on the conservation initiative, please go to www.imls.gov/collections.
About the Institute of Museum and Library ServicesThe Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the national level and in coordination with state and local organizations to sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; and support professional development. To learn more about the Institute, please visit www.imls.gov.
IMLS Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has created Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action: a multi-year, multi-faceted national initiative to raise public awareness and inspire action.
The initiative is grounded in the results of A Public Trust at Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections. Read more. Please visit this site often to find resources and ideas you can use to answer this urgent call to action.
Now Available: New Links to Online Resourcesfor Digital Preservation. Read more
The initiative is grounded in the results of A Public Trust at Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections. Read more. Please visit this site often to find resources and ideas you can use to answer this urgent call to action.
Now Available: New Links to Online Resourcesfor Digital Preservation. Read more
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Public lecture: An Evening with Ralph Appelbaum
Monday, August 4, 2008
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Free to members; free to public Atherton Halau
Ralph Appelbaum will be presenting a public lecture titled "Museum to Instruct and Delight" Monday, where he will talk about some of his recent works and offer some key renderings and insight on the Hawaiian Hall project. > Appelbaum has 25 years of involvement in every facet of museum planning and exhibition design. His work for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum earned him the Presidential Award for Design Excellence, and his work for the American Museum of Natural History earned him every major design award.
Email membership@bishopmuseum.org
Website www.bishopmuseum.org
Bishop Museum 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Free to members; free to public Atherton Halau
Ralph Appelbaum will be presenting a public lecture titled "Museum to Instruct and Delight" Monday, where he will talk about some of his recent works and offer some key renderings and insight on the Hawaiian Hall project. > Appelbaum has 25 years of involvement in every facet of museum planning and exhibition design. His work for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum earned him the Presidential Award for Design Excellence, and his work for the American Museum of Natural History earned him every major design award.
Email membership@bishopmuseum.org
Website www.bishopmuseum.org
Bishop Museum 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Thursday, July 24, 2008
World's oldest Bible goes online
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The oldest known surviving copy of the New Testament gets the modern touch Thursday when parts of it go online for the first time.
The full manuscript of the Codex Sinaiticus will be online a year from now.
The British Library plans to begin publishing the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th century text handwritten in Greek, on its Web site. The Gospel of Mark and the Book of Psalms go online Thursday. The full manuscript is to be online in a year.
Translations of the Codex Sinaiticus have long been widely available, but publishing images of the manuscript online will let anyone see pages that, until now, have been viewed in detail mainly by academia. More...
The full manuscript of the Codex Sinaiticus will be online a year from now.
The British Library plans to begin publishing the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th century text handwritten in Greek, on its Web site. The Gospel of Mark and the Book of Psalms go online Thursday. The full manuscript is to be online in a year.
Translations of the Codex Sinaiticus have long been widely available, but publishing images of the manuscript online will let anyone see pages that, until now, have been viewed in detail mainly by academia. More...
Friday, July 18, 2008
Museum Day - Saturday, September 27
Honolulu, HI…. A number of Hawaii museums and galleries have announced they will participate in Smithsonian Magazine's nationwide Museum Day promotion on Saturday, September 27, 2008. Free admission cards admitting the bearer and one guest free of charge will be available in the September 2008 issue of Smithsonian Magazine or downloaded easily at www.smithsonianmagazine.com/museumday.
Particpating Hawaii Museums
Bishop Museum, Honolulu
Hawaii Maritime Center, Honolulu
Manoa Heritage Center, Honolulu
Mission Houses Museum, Honolulu
Pacific Aviation Museum, Honolulu
Queen Emma Summer Palace, Honolulu
Tropic Lightning Museum, Schofield Barracks
University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu
Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day celebrates the country's cultural offerings, allows the dissemination of knowledge, and brings Americans together. Last year nearly 450 museums and cultural institutions nationwide participated in the effort, which emulates the Smithsonian's Washington, D.C. year-round free admission policy. The complete list of participating museums across the nation will be available later this summer at http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/.
The Museum Day Admission Card is good for one-day use only on September 27, 2008 at participating museums. The admission card will be collected upon entry and is redeemable for general admission for the presenter and one guest. Only one admission card per household is allowed. The Museum Day admission card may not be used with any other offer and no rain checks will be offered.
This year's event happily coincides with the Textile Society of America's 11th Biennial Symposium hosted in Honolulu September 24-27, 2008. This international arts event includes a city-wide schedule of exhibitions presenting exquisite textile collections in more than 16 different venues throughout Honolulu. Major museums and other galleries around Honolulu are presenting spectacular textile exhibitions from their respected collections. These exhibitions will be on view during Smithsonian Magazine's MUSEUM DAY event September 27, 2008, creating a unique opportunity for residents and visitors to see the textile exhibition of their choice at no charge. (For more information about the full schedule of TSA-related textile exhibitions go to http://www.textilesociety.org/.)
"We are delighted the Smithsonian's Museum Day effort to promote awareness about the integrity, importance, and relevance of our nation's cultural institutions coincides with our 11th Biennial Symposium in Honolulu," says Carol Bier, President of Textile Society of America. "Visitors will have the opportunity to see spectacular textile collections and exhibitions during this event, and with a Museum Day pass, I'm delighted that admission is free to many of the museums."For more information about Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day, call US +1 8088473511 Call or visit https://67.53.56.226/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.bishopmuseum.org. Or go to Smithsonian Magazine's web site at www.smithsonianmagazine.com/museumday.
Particpating Hawaii Museums
Bishop Museum, Honolulu
Hawaii Maritime Center, Honolulu
Manoa Heritage Center, Honolulu
Mission Houses Museum, Honolulu
Pacific Aviation Museum, Honolulu
Queen Emma Summer Palace, Honolulu
Tropic Lightning Museum, Schofield Barracks
University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu
Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day celebrates the country's cultural offerings, allows the dissemination of knowledge, and brings Americans together. Last year nearly 450 museums and cultural institutions nationwide participated in the effort, which emulates the Smithsonian's Washington, D.C. year-round free admission policy. The complete list of participating museums across the nation will be available later this summer at http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/.
The Museum Day Admission Card is good for one-day use only on September 27, 2008 at participating museums. The admission card will be collected upon entry and is redeemable for general admission for the presenter and one guest. Only one admission card per household is allowed. The Museum Day admission card may not be used with any other offer and no rain checks will be offered.
This year's event happily coincides with the Textile Society of America's 11th Biennial Symposium hosted in Honolulu September 24-27, 2008. This international arts event includes a city-wide schedule of exhibitions presenting exquisite textile collections in more than 16 different venues throughout Honolulu. Major museums and other galleries around Honolulu are presenting spectacular textile exhibitions from their respected collections. These exhibitions will be on view during Smithsonian Magazine's MUSEUM DAY event September 27, 2008, creating a unique opportunity for residents and visitors to see the textile exhibition of their choice at no charge. (For more information about the full schedule of TSA-related textile exhibitions go to http://www.textilesociety.org/.)
"We are delighted the Smithsonian's Museum Day effort to promote awareness about the integrity, importance, and relevance of our nation's cultural institutions coincides with our 11th Biennial Symposium in Honolulu," says Carol Bier, President of Textile Society of America. "Visitors will have the opportunity to see spectacular textile collections and exhibitions during this event, and with a Museum Day pass, I'm delighted that admission is free to many of the museums."For more information about Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day, call US +1 8088473511 Call or visit https://67.53.56.226/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.bishopmuseum.org. Or go to Smithsonian Magazine's web site at www.smithsonianmagazine.com/museumday.
2008 Western Museums Association Annual Meeting
September 17-21, 2008 Anchorage, Alaska
Theme: Museums define the future!
Co-sponsored by Museums Alaska
The preliminary program is here! Find out all about Anchorage.
See the schedule-at-a-glance2008 WebWise Post-Conference Materials are Now Available Online!
The 2008 WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World took place March 6-7 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, with a day of pre-conference workshops on March 5. The theme for this year's conference was "WebWise 2.0: The Power of Community."
*Full-streaming video and slide presentations* from the conference are available for viewing online
*Video clips* of all of the WebWise speakers can also be viewed on uVu, a Service of Digital 2.
The *2008 WebWise Proceedings* will be available for download in late spring on the IMLS website. Print copies of WebWise publications can be requested by e-mailing imlsinfo@imls.gov.
**Full-text papers** of many of the presentations will appear in an upcoming issue of the online journal /First Monday/ (www.firstmonday.org), which has been publishing WebWise papers in a special issue each year since the first conference in 2000.
Stewardship of Digital Assets Workshop
A two-day workshop on sustaining digital collections
Tacoma, WA
Tuesday, October 14 – Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Sponsored by OCLC Western Service Center
Registration opens July 28, 2008
Washington State Historical Society
1911 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402
1-888-238-4373
Directions available at http://www.washingtonhistory.org/wshm/index.htm.
NEDCC Persistence of Memory: Sustaining Digital Collections
SAVE THE DATE - December 9–10, 2008
InterContinental Chicago Hotel
Chicago, Illinois
InterContinental Chicago Hotel
Chicago, Illinois
Taught by a faculty of national experts, this two-day conference on digital longevity provides information about the latest developments in digital preservation to help you with the life-cycle management of your institution’s collections. To receive a conference brochure when available and/or email notification when registration opens, contact: Julie Martin, jmartin@nedcc.org
(For email-only notification, please include full name, institution, city, and state.) Partial funding for this conference is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Registration Fee: $425
Hotel Rate: $175/nightUH Manoa’s Lyon Arboretum to open on Saturdays
UH Manoa’s Lyon Arboretum to open on Saturdays
New hours will provide greater community accessUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
Contact: Christopher Dunn, (808) 988-0461
Lyon Arboretum
Posted: July 09, 2008 Starting this Saturday, the Lyon Arboretum in Mânoa Valley will be open for visitors from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. For the past several years, the Arboretum has been open to the public only during weekdays, limiting its accessibility to the community and to families who cannot visit during the week.
“By offering Saturday hours, we are responding to the number-one question we get, namely, why aren’t you open when I can bring my family?” says Dr. Christopher Dunn, director of the Arboretum. According to Jill Laughlin, the Arboretum’s education and outreach manager, “The Arboretum is a magnificent tropical rainforest within 5 miles of the city, and these extended hours will allow so many more people to experience it and to appreciate it.”
The Harold L. Lyon Arboretum is a unit of the University of Hawai‘i at Mânoa. It is a 193-acre tropical rainforest located in the head of the Mânoa Valley and is open to the public. Its mission is to increase the appreciation of the unique flora of Hawai‘i and the tropics, by conserving, curating, and studying plants and their habitats; providing inclusive educational opportunities; encouraging use by the broader community; and supporting the educational, scientific, and service activities of the University of Hawai‘i.
The Arboretum is at 3860 Mânoa Road Phone: 988-0456 Hours: 8am – 4pm, Monday – Friday; 9am – 3pm, Saturday website: http://www.hawaii.edu/lyonarboretum/
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