SUMMER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL RESOURCES
AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT TO BE OFFERED IN JULY 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 20, 2004

The Art Libraries Society/North America (ARLIS/NA) and the Visual Resources Association (VRA) are pleased to announce the second Summer Educational Institute (SEI) for Visual Resources and Image Management.

The Summer Educational Institute will be held at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina, from July 5 through July 9, 2005.  It is an intensive 5-day workshop intended to provide instruction in visual resources and image collection management.  ARLIS/NA and VRA have developed a special curriculum to provide intensive training in these areas--training that is often not found in library and information science degree programs.  The Summer Educational Institute will be relevant for beginning visual resources professionals as well as experienced professionals requiring new skills and knowledge.

The SEI curriculum provides a standardized and sustainable program for visual resources training, with a focus on the issues related to the transition from analog to digital image collections.  Attendees will receive certification of attendance and completion from the sponsoring organizations.

Topics to be covered in the program include:

  • visual resources administration and management
  • classification and cataloging procedures and systems including:
    • metadata issues and data standards
    • VRA Core Categories for Visual Resources
    • CCO (Cataloging Cultural Objects)
  • collection development and management
  • staffing and human resources issues
  • facilities management
  • storage and preservation issues
  • electronic file development and data management
  • analog and digital image parallel management
  • copyright and intellectual property rights issues
  • new technologies and visual resources

Instructors will be drawn from professionals in the field of visual resources and library and information science.  Tuition will be $675 for ARLIS/NA and VRA members and $725 for non-members, and will include continental breakfast and lunch each day.  Reasonably priced accommodations in an air-conditioned Duke University dorm will also be available for approximately $30 per night plus a one-time $25 linens fee.  Dinner options are available on campus on a cash basis or off campus.

Those on the waiting list from the 2004 SEI will be offered priority registration from January 17-21, 2005.  General registration will run from January 24 through April 15, 2005.

The Summer Educational Institute is jointly sponsored by ARLIS/NA and VRA.  Additional funding is being sought and opportunities for named sponsorships are available.  Please contact the Co-chairs for further information. 

Information on instructors, syllabus, accommodations, and registration procedures will be available via an informational website, www.vraweb.org/2005sei.

Contacts:

Summer Educational Institute Co-Chairs

Maureen Burns
Humanities Curator, Visual Resources Collection
University of California
61 Humanities Instructional Building
Irvine, CA 92697-3375
949-824-8027 phone
949-824-4298 fax
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Trudy Jacoby
Director, Visual Resources Collection
Department of Art and Archaeology
Princeton University
207 McCormick Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544-1018
609-258-5853 phone
609-258-0103 fax
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