Dear Sir / Madam, You will be glad to know that New Delhi will be the venue for International Training Programme SOIMA 2009 : Safeguarding Sound and Image Collections. The programme deals with care and conservation of photographs, films, audio-video cassettes, CDs and DVDs, etc. The programme will be held between 17 Nov. - 11 Dec. 2009. The details of the programme as well as application procedure is available at [http://www.iccrom.org/eng/01train_en/announce_en/2009_11SoimaIND_en.shtml]. The course fee is Euro 900 but there is a strong posisbility of fee waiver or scholarship to deserving applicants. The last date for application is 20th April 2009. Since the seats are limited, please hurry. If you need any further information, I shall be happy to help you. With best regards, Prof. Kamal K. Jain Dean (Academic Affairs) & Head, Department of Conservation National Museum Institute (NMI) Janpath,New Delhi -110001 (INDIA) Tel : +91-11-2301 8295 Fax: +91-11-2301 1899 Email: kamalkjainnrlc[at]yahoo.co.in ----------------------------- International Training Course SOIMA 2009: Safeguarding sound and image collections Dates: 17 November - 11 December 2009 Place: New Delhi, with study visits to other cities in India Partners * NRLC (National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property, Lucknow in collaboration with other national cultural institutions in India * ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) For Further Details and Application Form, visit: http://www.iccrom.org/eng/01train_en/announce_en/2009_11SoimaIND_en.shtml ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out the all-new Messenger 9.0! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.