<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Mark your calendar. The next meeting of the MIT Image Tools SIG will be on Thursday, March 15, from 4:00 to 5:00 PM. The meeting will be held in the N42 Demo Center. <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Here is a map indicating the location of building N42: <A href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=N42&Buildings=go">http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=N42&Buildings=go</A></SPAN></FONT><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">The meeting topic will be metadata. We'll open with a presentation by Ann Whiteside, the Head of the Rotch Library. Ann was an editor, on behalf of the Visual Resources Association, of the recently completed book, <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Cataloging Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Cultural Works and Their Images</SPAN>. The primary focus of the manual is "describing, documenting, and cataloging ... art and architecture, including, but not limited to paintings, sculpture, prints, manuscripts, photographs, built works, installations, and other visual media." (there is a link to this document on the VRA home page: <A href="http://www.vraweb.org">http://www.vraweb.org</A>)</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>This meeting is open to anyone interested in the subject, so feel free to invite others. You may manage your list membership at this site: <FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><A href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/image-tools">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/image-tools</A></SPAN></FONT> </DIV><DIV>You may also direct people to this site if they want to join the list to learn of future events.</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV><DIV>Regards,</DIV><DIV>Peter </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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