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The Board of Directors of the Visual Resources Association Foundation
(VRAF) is pleased to announce the Fall 2020 VRAF Professional
Development Grant in the amount of $600 to Ashlea Green, the Metadata
and Cataloging Librarian for Appalachian State University, a branch of
the University of North Carolina system and $100 to John Burns,
Electronic Resources Librarian for Dixie State University.
Ashlea Green, plans on utilizing the funds to attend the Wikidata Institute, which is a virtual workshop from November 2-19, 2020. Green plans on utilizing the Wikidata and Wikibase
linked data applications, ethical data/ontologies, data modeling, and
entity mapping, etc. to establish metadata standards and practices,
create better metadata for increased discoverability, and implement
inclusive metadata practices to Appalachian State’s Special Collections,
Archival Collections and Discoverability Initiatives. Green intends to
gain a deeper understanding of linked data with the aim of publishing
the findings in a peer-reviewed scholarly publication, and share the
linked data, Wikidata Institute workshop knowledge and skills with colleagues across the University of North Carolina system.
Through the VRA conference and/or membership, Burns looks forward to
utilizing funds by networking with other visual resources professionals
and gaining new skills that will help him better serve students,
researchers, and faculty as a solo art librarian.
The
VRAF Professional Development Grant Program reflects the broad mission
of the VRAF to support professional development in the field of visual
resources and visual information management. The grant can be used to
participate in a professional development opportunity of the grantee’s
choosing (such as a conference, symposium, workshop, online education),
or to enroll in relevant research activities (such as hands-on field
work or a site visit for scholarly purposes). For more information about
the VRAF, the VRAF Professional Development Grant, and other VRAF
programs, please visit vrafoundation.org.
On behalf of the VRA Foundation Board of Directors
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