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Dear colleagues, Last spring art librarians and visual resource professionals convened in Minneapolis for the 2011 joint VRA + ARLIS/NA conference. There we hosted a well-attended open forum for individuals interested in exploring future collaborations between the two organizations. *We are pleased to announce two more events related to organizational collaboration, to be held at the upcoming 2012 conferences:* - A discussion at ARLIS/NA in Toronto, scheduled for the second half of the Visual Resources Division meeting on Saturday March 31, 2012, 1:30pm - 2:30pm. - A session at VRA in Albuquerque: “Broadening Organizational Horizons: Collaborative Opportunities Between VRA and ARLIS/NA,” on Saturday April 21, 2012 10:00am - 11:30am. These events seek to continue the dialog on organizational collaboration in a structured way that is open to the membership. We also seek to establish actionable ideas about how to move forward. In addition, your colleagues will speak about collaboration activities that they have engaged in at the local, regional and national levels. Finally, these two events will provide attendees an opportunity to contribute to the discussion via an "open mic" brainstorming session. We cordially invite you to weigh in on some of these ideas via a wiki we have created for this purpose at http://arlisnavracollab.pbworks.com. The wiki includes some important background information -- including a pdf of the ARLIS/NA-VRA Joint Task Force on Collaboration’s Final Report. We invite all interested members to visit the wiki -- whether you are able to attend the conference events or not. We also encourage you to join the wiki if you would like to comment on your experiences and ideas about collaborative activities. Please feel free to add your comments before, during and/or after the two conferences. How to Join the Wiki: http://arlisnavracollab.pbworks.com In the upper right corner of the home page there is a link "To join this workspace, request access.” Once granted access you will be able contribute to the comments section on each page. Please also feel free to share any thoughts, comments or concerns directly with us via telephone or e-mail. We look forward to seeing you in Toronto and Albuquerque or on the wiki! Greta Bahnemann Metadata Coordinator Minnesota Digital Library, University of Minnesota 6 Andersen Library 222 - 21st Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 telephone: 612.625.6497 e-mail: [log in to unmask] Elaine Paul Director, Visual Resources Center University of Colorado Boulder Department of Art and Art History 318 UCB Boulder, CO 80309-0318 telephone: 303.492.6136 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~