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hi all,
i've been reading this discussion with interest--but finally felt like 
weighing in..i, for one, would seriously not like losing the designation
of being a 'library' association....that term has legitimacy, concerning 
documentation, as sherman mentionned. there is a link to scholarship
and subject depth. the field has changed, obviously, and the VRA is also 
a significant organization; i'm not saying otherwise.
but being a 'library' association has cultural meaning all it's own.

Anne Haas
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine

Sherman Clarke wrote:

>Kathy,
>Your suggested name "Visual Culture Association of North America" is 
>interesting to me, as is your tale of Miss Lucas, Wolfgang Freitag, and 
>the Fogg then and now. You, of course, also remember some of the 
>society discussions in the last 1970s about name changes. What is 
>especially interesting to me about your name suggestion is the lack of 
>any element of documentation.
>
>While the name is only part of the game, there is a Visual Culture 
>Caucus in College Art as well as all sorts of Google hits for 
>organizations using "visual culture" in their name.
>
>Sherman Clarke
>NYU Libraries
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