Dear ARLIS/NA Members:

I will be guest editing a special issue of the VRA Bulletin in Spring 2008 on "Digital Collaborations."  I am intentionally making this an open call for abstracts for paper proposals to get as wide a range of articles on as many different topics as possible, both within the arts and humanities disciplines and beyond.

The broad question that I am asking is: How are digital image collections now working or being implemented across the larger environment, either within one institution or between institutions?

I am interested in substantive articles from the collage/university, library, private/commercial sector, and museum communities.

Papers may address digital collaborations within cross-campus, multi-campus, single and multi-institution,  commercial image consortia, library consortia, environments. 

Topics that may be addressed are image database development, metadata issues, institution-wide image delivery, user issues, user and staff training programs, funding and staffing issues, personal collection access and delivery, commercial collections, image/text/audio/video collections, etc.

Please submit a one-page abstract of your paper proposal to me via e-mail by August 1, 2007 ([log in to unmask]). Final articles should be between 2,500-4,000 words, not counting illustrations. Final papers will be due by December 31, 2007.

Thank you,

John

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