Contact: Vicky Roper
ARLIS/NA Headquarters
800-817-0621
NEWS RELEASE
October 15, 2001
FIRST JOINT CONFERENCE OF ARLIS/NA AND VRA IN ST. LOUIS Mar. 21-26, 2002
WHAT: Approximately 700 art librarians, visual resources curators,
publishers and special guests are expected at the first joint conference of
the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) and the Visual
Resources Association (VRA) to be held in St. Louis Missouri, from March
21-26, 2002. The conference includes 10 panel sessions, 6 seminar
sessions, 9 workshops and 2 plenary sessions. Topics will address our
changing research and collections environments, the redefinition of the
roles and responsibilities in our professions, best strategies for managing
the tasks and projects that lay ahead, and the most challenging issues that
face our culture at large.
WHEN: March 21-26, 2002
WHERE: The Hyatt Regency Hotel at Union Station, St. Louis housed in what
was once the second busiest train station in the nation and is now on the
national register of historic places. This Romanesque Revival structure,
designed by the architect Theodore Link, has been restored to its former
glory, and features elegant rooms, dramatic public spaces, and dozens of
on-site eating, shopping, and entertainment venues.
HIGHLIGHTS:
· A NINCH (the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage) town
meeting and opening plenary session open to the public- "The Information
Commons Today and Tomorrow: New Research Collections Environments"- that
will address such concerns as public access and digital information,
database legislation, copyright litigation, licensing concerns and
distribution issues
· Workshops and sessions that will offer the opportunity to learn and test
leadership skills for managing collaborative projects, and skills for
public speaking
· Sessions that challenge traditional standards and offer new insights
about cataloging and archiving visual media, including a new trend with
sound art
· Closing Plenary Session on the three leading art historical image
databases currently on the market and their future visions
· Tours to historic parks of St. Louis, Cahokia Mounds World Heritage Site,
two private homes by Frank Lloyd Wright, Pulitzer Foundation Museum, Saint
Louis Art Museum, Missouri Botanical Garden, Mercantile Library and
Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri--St.
Louis, Maybeck Collection at Principia College, Dana Thomas House and
Abraham Lincoln Home in Springfield, Illinois, and St. Louis Architectural
Adaptive Reuse
· A special joint convocation to be held at the historic Sheldon Concert Hall
Information about registration, travel, hotels and a preliminary program
can be found on the conference web site:
http://library.wustl.edu/~beth/Conference.html
For additional information contact: ARLIS/NA Headquarters, 329 March Road,
Suite 232, Ottawa, Ontario K2K 2E1 Canada PHONE: 800-817-0621 FAX:
613-599-7027 email: [log in to unmask]
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