The annual conference of CIDOC, the International Committee for Documentation of ICOM, hosted by the National Museum Institute, opened today in Delhi. The aim of CIDOC's annual conference, is to enable and encourage dialogue about information management between professionals working in different roles in museums: documentation, development, design, mediation or management.<br/><br/>The main theme of the conference is "Documenting Diversity – Collections, Catalogues & Context", which is subdivided into three sub-themes:<br/><br/>Strategies and policies for documenting the diversity of culture; Techniques and methods of documentation; Access and Integration – working together with archives and other heritage institutions. The last day of conference is 10th September.