Hi everyone,
The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) and the
Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF) are pleased to announce the Summer Educational Institute for Digital Stewardship
of Visual Information (SEI) will be held online Monday, June 24–Tuesday, July 2, 2024.
Curriculum
SEI is designed to serve a wide range of information professionals eager to learn about best practices and/or update job skills in digital collections management and to provide significant networking and professional development opportunities. SEI presents
a comprehensive introduction to the digital life cycle and a curriculum that addresses the requirements of today's cultural heritage and visual information professionals, from designing and implementing a project to sharing the final product with others and
ensuring its preservation and access. This intensive workshop, held over five days, features a curriculum taught by expert instructors who cover:
More information on sessions and instructors to come in the new year.
This year, in an effort to prevent Zoom fatigue, SEI’s five instruction days will be spaced over the course of a week and a half. SEI will open on Monday, June 24 with an orientation activity facilitated by the SEI Team. In addition to the instruction sessions,
there will also be optional social events for attendees to build community socially and professionally. SEI will close on Tuesday, July 2 with a wrap-up activity, also facilitated by the SEI Team.
SEI provides new professionals, current library school students, and mid-career professionals from a wide range of related fields the opportunity to stay current in an ever-evolving field of managing cultural heritage and visual information. Early-career
museum professionals, archivists, visual resources professionals, digital librarians, art and architecture librarians, and digital project managers; current and recent graduate students; and others in related fields are all encouraged to attend.
Registration
Registration rates for SEI 2024 will be $225 for members of ARLIS/NA and VRA and $300 for non-members. SEI 2024 will be capped at 50 attendees.
Registration will open on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
Scholarships
We are pleased to announce that SEI will once again be able to offer a number of
scholarships that fully cover the registration cost of attending SEI 2024. We are grateful to the
Samuel H. Kress Foundation for their continued support of SEI.
The SEI Team will send more information closer to the date, but we want to share that
applications for Kress Scholarships will open February 12, 2024 at 9am EST. Applications will be accepted until February 26, 2024 at 5pm EST, and recipients will be notified by March 11,
2024.
Stay in Touch with SEI!
For the latest updates on SEI 2024, visit our website:
https://seiworkshop.org/
Have questions? Please contact us at
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Best,
Natasha Bishop on behalf of the SEI Team.
SEI 2024 Implementation Team:
Senior Co-Chair: Natasha Bishop, Cornell University
Junior Co-Chair: Kate Thornhill, University of Oregon
Faculty Liaison & Curriculum Specialist (ARLIS/NA): Wen Nie Ng, Virginia Tech
Faculty Liaison & Curriculum Specialist (VRA): Abby Houston, Berea College
Web Designer & Publicity Specialist: Meghan Rubenstein, Colorado College