Visual Resources Association Conference - Travel Awards 2008 San Diego, California March 12 - 16, 2008 I am happy to announce the Travel Awards for attendance at the 2008 conference in San Diego, CA, March 12-16. Again we are announcing the 2008 awards earlier than in the past, with an earlier deadline for submission. Our goal with this last year was to be able to inform the recipients much sooner, who in turn can register and get in to workshops and other events that may fill up early. The new deadline for receipt of applications will be Wednesday, November 14, 2007 (5pm Pacific Time). Recipients will be informed no later than Wednesday, November 28, 2007. A preliminary conference schedule with a listing of most workshops and sessions will be posted very soon at http://vraweb.org/conferences/index.html This information will be supplemented as things are confirmed, so please check back regularly. Basic conference cost information is already available to help with planning: Pre-registration costs: $195 for members Room rates (at conference hotel): $189 for single or double occupancy, $209 for triple, $229 for quadruple This year there will be nine awards of $750 available (6 Tansey Fund awards, two corporate sponsored awards from Archivision and Gallery Systems, and the Kathe Hicks Albrecht award). In addition, there are two corporate sponsored awards of $1,000 each for international members from Davis Art Images and Saskia, Ltd. as well as Top-Up Awards. These are for applicants with some funding but who need to supplement it - the awards range from $250 to $500. A huge thank-you goes out to all our Corporate Sponsors and to Kathe Albrecht for their support of this program! The application form will again be available in the MemberClicks section of the VRA website. Before you apply, please read "Types of Travel Awards", "Travel Award Rules and Guidelines", and "Tips for VRA Travel Awards Applicants", all linked here as PDFs: http://www.vraweb.org/organization/committees/travel/index.html Two notes about eligibility: you must be a VRA member to apply, and you cannot have won a VRA Travel Award in the last three years (2005-2007). International members (anyone based outside the US) are strongly encouraged to apply as we now have two awards of $1,000 available. Stay tuned and watch VRA-L and the VRA website for further details about the conference and posting of related documents. Please email if you have any questions not answered by the documents noted above. Best wishes, Jackie Spafford Chair VRA Travel Awards Committee About The Visual Resources Association: VRA is a multi-disciplinary organization dedicated to furthering research and education in the field of image management within the educational, cultural heritage, and commercial environments. The Association is committed to providing leadership in the visual resources field, developing and advocating standards, and offering educational tools and opportunities for the benefit of the community at large. The VRA implements these goals through publication programs and educational activities. The Association offers a forum for issues of vital concern to the field, including: preservation of and access to digital and analog images of visual culture; cataloging and classification standards and practices; integration of technology-based instruction and research; intellectual property policy; and other topics of interest to the field. Through collaboration, partnership, and outreach with the broader information management and educational communities, the Association actively supports the primacy of visual information in documenting and understanding humanity's shared cultural experience. *************************************************************************** Jacqueline Spafford <[log in to unmask]> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Visual Resources Curator, Department of History of Art and Architecture University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7080 Work phone: 805-893-2509 Fax: 805-893-7117 Posted by Jacqueline Allen The Mildred R. and Frederick M. Mayer Director of Libraries and Imaging Services Dallas Museum of Art 1717 N. Harwood Dallas, TX 75201 T 214/922-1276 F 214/954-0174 [log in to unmask] www.DallasMuseumofArt.org __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send 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 (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]