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Greater Washington, DC ARMA Chapter Seminar



Make a New Year's resolution to sharpen your professional edge by joining
the Greater Washington, DC ARMA Chapter on April 2, 2001 to grapple and
defeat all those electronic records issues at our annual conference...

Electronic Imaging from A-Z

presented by Don M. Avedon

This seminar considers automating the storage, retrieval, and  dissemination
of documents. Discover the technology and concepts involved in electronic
image management.  Mr. Avedon examines the difference between data and
documents focusing on the media,
hardware, telecommunications, and software used in electronic imaging. He
discusses the varying points of view on hot topics such as legality,
standards, systems integration, and workflow. The presentation provides an
easy-to-understand introduction to the technologies and concepts involved in
electronic imaging, and looks toward future trends.

This seminar will provide an easy-to-understand introduction to the
technologies and concepts involved in electronic imaging by addressing:

Defining the differences between data and documents

° Magnetic media vs. optical media
° ASCII coding compared to bit-mapping/raster scanning
° Digital vs. analog image storage
° Examples of data and document applications

Storage Media

° Types: CD-ROM, CD-R, WORM, Rewritable, DVD, RAID
° Capacities and resolution
° Compression techniques
° Data life projections

Components of a System

° Controller
° Scanners
° Drives
° Jukeboxes (robotic libraries)
° Monitors/displays/workstations
° Printers

Communications

° Analog vs. digital
° Resolution vs. speed vs. bandwidth vs. cost
° Networks
° Internet/intranet

Special Issues

° Backfile conversion
° Software
° Integration (data and image processing)
° Indexing
° Legality
° Standards

Putting a System Together

° Semiautomatic systems
° Enterprise-wide automatic systems

How to Get Started

° Forming a task force
° Systems analysis
° Developing a plan
° Conducting a pilot system
° Implementation

Future Trends


DON AVEDON is a well known consultant and speaker in the information and
document management field where he specializes in records management,
micrographic, electronic imaging and office automation systems.

Mr. Avedon was Executive Director of the International Information
Management Congress (IMC) and is its Chief Administrative Officer with
responsibility for implementing all the Association's programs and
activities. These programs include organizing a conference and exposition in
a foreign country each year, publishing a journal
and newsletter and coordination of activities with associations in 30
countries.

Mr. Avedon was Vice President of Micronet, Inc., with responsibility for
seminar and training programs, consulting activities and technical
publications. He was in charge of the operation of "The Paperless Office"
which was a model and test bed for "The Office of the Future."

Mr. Avedon was Vice President, Research and Development Microfilming
Corporation of America, a New York Times subsidiary. Designed and
implemented a new micropublishing facility which included planning a new
micrographic laboratory, office facilities using landscape open office
furniture, an IBM system 34 data processing center.

Mr. Avedon was Technical Director of the Association for Information and
Image Management (AIIM). In this capacity he organized and managed the
development and publishing of national and international recommended
practices and standards. These publications have become the management
guidelines for the entire micrographics field. While at
AIIM he also had the responsibility for publishing their journal,
newsletter, monographs and audio visual programs. He conceived and
implemented their Resource Center.

Mr. Avedon began his career as Project Engineer at Bell Telephone
Laboratories in the Engineering Standards Department. Responsible for
studying, designing, conducting tests and preparing guidelines for
engineering records systems.

Mr. Avedon is a Fellow of both AIIM and IMC and a former member of the AIIM
Board of Directors and Chair of the AIIM Standards Board. In 1985 he
received the Emmett Leahy Award from the Institute of Certified Records
Managers for his outstanding contribution to the Information and Records
Management profession and in 1987 AIIM's Award of Merit, the highest award
the Association gives. In 1998 Mr. Avedon received
AIIMs Lifetime Achievement award. He is author of several books including
Introduction to Electronic Imaging, Quality Control of Electronic Images,
Telecommunications in Document Management and the Glossary of Document
Technologies.

Mr. Avedon holds the designation MIT (Master of Information Technology) with
a double Laureate in Electronic Document Image Management and Micrographics.
He is a Certified Standards Engineer.

Mr. Avedon has presented numerous talks in the United States and
internationally and is the author of over two hundred papers in the areas of
office automation, micrographics, electronic imaging, standards and
engineering documentation.

The seminar location is at

Almas Temple
1315 K Street, NW
Washington, DC

The Almas Temple is located at 1315 K Street, NW with convenient parking on
13th Street (One Franklin Square) and within easy walking distance of the
14th Street exit of the McPherson Square Metro Station.

For further information please go to our web site at:

armamar.org/gwdc

You can even pay for the seminar with your credit card!

The seminar has been approved for 5.5 CRM Maintenance credits.

Plan to attend the GWDC ARMA Chapter's annual seminar featuring Don Avedon
on April 2, 2001.  The seminar is entitled "Electronic Imaging: A to Z"

For mor information visit us at:
http://armamar.org/gwdc
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