Greetings ARLIS Members,
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the VRA+ARLIS conference
in Minneapolis and made it such a wonderful experience. Please see the
recent issue of the VRA's Images newsletter for my extended words of
gratitude at
http://www.vraweb.org/publications/imagestuff/vol8no2.html. For those
of you who could not participate, you can get to the presentations in
Slideshare, Flickr images, and the Twitter archive from here:
http://vraweb.org/conferences/past.html. We will hopefully see some
articles in our journals from this event in the near future too.
VRA also encourages you to consider proposals for the VRA 2012
ABQ conference and welcomes your participation. See below.
Best regards,
Maureen Burns
VRA President
[Please pardon any cross-postings]
The Visual Resources Association's 30th
Annual Conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from
Wednesday April 18th through Saturday April 21st in the Hotel
Albuquerque at Old Town: http://www.hhandr.com/albuquerque.php.
Proposals are now being solicited for the
2012 program sessions, workshops, papers, special interest groups, and
case studies. All proposals are welcome, especially those
related to the 2012 VRA Conference theme of "Broadening Horizons."
The following link will take you to the conference proposal form: http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/2012Albuquerque-proposal/proposal.php, or visit the VRA web site: http://www.vraweb.org
A session is a 90 minute moderated
session with 3 to 4 speakers at 20 minutes each followed by a
facilitated brief question and answer period.
A workshop is a 3 to 4 hour workshop to
develop skills and experience in the field of Visual Resources,
preferably with hands-on activities.
A paper is an individual idea submission,
which will be reviewed for possible grouping into a session.
A special interest group is a 60 to
90-minute informal facilitated group discussion on topics related to a
specific community within VRA.
A case study is detailed information
about an individual, small group, or project, generally including the
accounts of subjects themselves. Moderators are encouraged to submit
proposals. Individual case study proposals will be reviewed for
possible groupings similar to the session format.
Some suggested topics:
· Workflow issues
· Types of institutions (e.g., galleries, museums)
· Budget management and challenges
· Embedded metadata, especially in practice
· Multidisciplinary interaction via expansion beyond traditional
disciplines
· Digital preservation
· Video and audio formats
· Non-art based subject cataloging
· Grant writing
· Copyright updates
· Solo curators
· Marketing
· VR professional presence in the classroom
· Using archives in the classroom
· Visual literacy standards
· Mobile technologies
· Defining the VR profession
· Subject indexing
· Communication with IT staff
· Software-specific workshops
The VRA Executive Board will be looking
for complete, concise and articulate submissions with lists of
presenters, when applicable. Specificity regarding audio-visual needs
including live internet connectivity is required. Moderators may put
out calls for speakers within a proposed topic before submission of
completed topics.
Questions about the proposal process and
the various presentation formats included in the VRA Conference
program can be directed to me at <[log in to unmask]>.
The proposal deadline is July 1,
2011. I look forward to receiving your proposals.
Sincerely,
Steven Kowalik
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Steven Kowalik, MSLS
Vice President for Conference Program, Visual Resources
Association
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Zabar Art Library, Hunter College/CUNY
695 Park Avenue,
New York, NY 10065
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