The eighth annual ADIT-2004 conference was held from June 1 to 4, 2004, in Samara, at the P.V. Alabin Samara Regional Museum of History and Local Lore. The conference theme was "Informatization as a Factor in Museum and Regional Development." A comparative analysis of software used in domestic museum information systems was presented. In addition to the "Museum Information Technologies and Museum Information Products" exhibition, the conference also featured the Museum Media Fair—a non-stop show for both professionals and the public, featuring virtual exhibitions, 3D historical reconstructions, an electronic catalog, and much more.
Discussion Topics
The conference's plenary and breakout sessions will feature an exchange of views on the following topics:
- State Electronic Catalog of the Russian Museum Collection;
- Museum Information Infrastructure;
- Museum Internet Strategy;
- Computers in Museum Expositions;
- Museum Electronic Image Archives - A New Storage Object;
- Information Security in Museums;
- Museum Virtual Exhibitions;
- Museums as a Public Information Center;
- What Museum Professionals Want to Learn;
- Integration of Verbal and Nonverbal Components of Information Products;
- Cultural Journalism in the Context of Information Technology;
- Informatization in the Cultural Management System.
