The conference theme is Inspiring Discovery: Unlocking Collections, and will explore current and emerging practices for information discovery as well as promising innovations that could revolutionize the ways in which information seekers find digital content.

The 2006 WebWise Conference on Inspiring Discovery: Unlocking Collections will be held in Los Angeles, California, February 15th-17th at the Omni Hotel at California Plaza.

Sessions and demonstrations will explore innovative approaches to discovery, as well as traditional approaches used by libraries, museums and archives. What approaches do cultural heritage institutions use to support collection discovery? How can cultural heritage institutions learn from one another and adapt behaviors of the different curatorial traditions to improve discovery and open up our collections? These questions and more will be addressed and answered over the three-day conference. For the first time, the conference will introduce table-talk sessions during day 2 lunch on a broad range of topical subjects.

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