----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Apologies for any duplication. Please forward as appropriate. VRA Conference 2000 San Francisco, CA April 4 through 8, 2000 The Visual Resources Association will hold their 18th annual conference in beautiful San Francisco. An exciting roster of workshops, sessions, events and tours is planned, including a NINCH "town meeting" on copyright and the public domain. Sessions will address both intellectual and electronic access to images and image collections, and the annual New Technologies Roundup will showcase exhibits from commercial vendors and manufacturers. For complete information and the preliminary schedule of events, please visit our web site at: http://www.oberlin.edu/~art/vra/con1.html This site features full information, and PDF registration forms that you can print out and send in: http://library.ucsc.edu/vra/Pages/registration.html The mailing deadline for pre-registration (with a registration discount) is February 23 (for a US postmark or February 16th for a non-US postmark). There will be on-site registration, but our special events will sell out quickly. Pre-registration is recommended. March 6 is the last day for guaranteed VRA room rates from our conference hotel, the Cathedral Hill Hotel: http://www.westcoasthotels.com/cathedralhill/index.htm For those who wish to receive paper pre-registration packets, email your full mailing address to William A. Broom <[log in to unmask]>. Please enter VRA PACKET REQUEST as the subject line of your email. If you have questions about the conference not covered by the web page, please contact me at <[log in to unmask]>. See you in San Francisco! Susan Jane Williams Vice President, Visual Resources Association Visual Resources Curator Arts Library, Yale University 180 York Street New Haven, CT 06520 phone 203-432-2443 fax 203-432-0549 email <[log in to unmask]> __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner at: [log in to unmask]