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Chris Brophy <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 13 May 1999 20:18:32 +1000
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INFOG99: WEBSITE NOW AVAILABLE
a conference on the latest digital developments in screen culture and
research
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Dates: 14-16 July 1999 Venue: Cinemedia at Treasury Theatre, Melbourne ,
Australia
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The full conference program, information on keynote speakers, registration
form and accommodation information is now available on the Australian Film
Institute website at:

http://www.afi.org.au/infog99/index.htm

INFOG99 (Information Gathering 1999) is an initiative of Australian Film
Institute Research & Information Centre presented in association with
Cinemedia (Victoria), ANSPAG at Monash University and RMIT University
Department of Communication Studies.

Registration* fee:
Early bird registration (received by 14/6/99) A$220
Registration after 14/6/99
A$250
Single day registration
A$150

*Registration includes lunch and morning and afternoon refreshments.


MAIN THEMES FOR INFOG99:

* Access - latest developments in the digital delivery of screen
products and services
* Strategies and issues for screen education in a digital environment
* Who is using the new technology? - the audience factor

Keynote Speakers at INFOG99 are:

* Dr Steven Ricci, Head of Research and Study at the UCLA Film and
Television Archive on archival moving images in Digital Domains
* Tony Pearson, Co-Director of the Glasgow University Performing Arts
Data Service (PADS) speaking on this pilot project
http://www.pads.ahds.ac.uk
* Richard Paterson, Controller, Projects & Development, British Film
Institute, on BFI online projects

Other program highlights include:

* Andrew L. Urban (UrbanCinefile) & Peter Hughes, La Trobe University
(Screening the Past) on screen e-journals
* presentations on the Victorian Performing Arts Multimedia Library
(PAML) project and Docklands and Federation Square plans for digital
programs and services
* Copyright Hypothetical
* Updates on access to video material in the TransAct broadband trial
(Kerry Webb, CSIRO) and a new indexing & querying system for AV libraries -
VEGGIE (from DSTC at Uni of Queensland)
* Dr Tom O'Regan, Director Australian Key Centre for Media & Cultural
Policy & Mark Balnaves, Murdoch University, on Managing changes to a screen
studies digital environment
* updates on online access to information on Australian screen
industries (Screen Network Australia site) and the collections of the
National Film & Sound Archive of Australia, Cinemedia Access
Collection/National Film & Video Lending Collection, and Australian research
libraries specialising in screen information

For further information, contact the conference convenor:
Chris Brophy
Information Services Manager
Australian Film Institute
Tel: 613 9695 7217
Fax: 613 9696 7972
email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.afi.org.au

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Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite
http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite

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