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1998 VRA Annual Conference
The sixteenth annual Visual Resources Association conference will take
place Tuesday, March 3rd, through Saturday, March 7th, in Philadelphia.
For the first time in many years, our meeting will overlap with the annual
conference of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA),
which is scheduled for March 5th to 12th. ARLIS/NA is already set to meet
at the Doubletree in downtown Philadelphia, and we are reviewing hotels in
the same area. The VRA and ARLIS/NA conference planners will be working
closely, once the ARLIS San Antonio conference is completed, to ensure
coordination of efforts for Philadelphia. A VRA local arrangements
committee is forming in Philadelphia. The head of the committee is
Micheline Nilsen, and she can be contacted at the University of
Philadelphia Fine Arts Library, 205/877-6327.
The VRA executive board is now accepting session, roundtable, and workshop
proposals for the 1998 conference. Sessions are generally two hours in
length with relatively formal paper presentations by several speakers and,
preferably, some time allowed for open discussion at the end. Roundtables
are meant to be less formal, with the moderator in charge of directing a
discussion about a particular topic. Workshops can vary from two hours to
an entire day and, hopefully, involve some kind of hands-on teaching of a
skill. Below are suggestions for each of these categories. However,
please do not feel limited by these suggestions in any way.
Session/Roundtable Ideas: successful funding proposals and information on
how others can do the same; copyright; reference books for slide
libraries; non-Academic image collections, educational resources for VR
professionals (courses in art history and MLIS programs, language classes,
tuition-exemption programs, technology workshops, books to read, etc.);
philosophical issues related to cataloging and keyword access to images
(e.g., should we identify artists as African-American, gay, female,
etc.?); job hunting strategies in the VR profession; mentoring (employees,
students; how much should we do?); the slide librarians role, if any, in
developing course-related web sites; new VR professionals; copyright
and/or other issues for Canadian slide curators; putting the "Criteria for
Hiring and Retention..." to work for us; preparing effective policies and
procedures and/or comparing notes on policies in different slide
collections; discussion and comparison of listservs for visual resources
and related fields (someone could prepare an annotated list as a handout);
collection development policies; evaluating web resources; professional
issues and/or our future as a profession; data standards; cataloging
specific types of material (e.g., graphic design); administrative/
management skills for VR curators; digital imaging projects.
Workshop Ideas: introductions to computer applications such as HTML, Page
Mill, and PhotoShop (taught separately, of course); hands-on use and
comparison of cataloging software such as Embark and Re:discovery; an
introduction to researching funding sources al ong with guidance in
choosing appropriate sources and outlining a proposal; writing a job
description; MARC record cataloging of images
Proposals are due by May 23rd so that the VRA executive board can review
them at its mid-year meeting. Prospective session/roundtable moderators
or workshop organizers should send a short written statement, no more than
one page, to: Jeanette Mills, VRA Vice President, School of Art,
University of Washington, Box 353440, Seattle, WA 98195-3440; or, fax to
206/685-1657. Please be sure to include all pertinent contact information
and any A-V and/or computer equipment requirements.
If you attended the 1997 VRA conference in New York and have not
yet returned your conference questionnaire, please do so as soon as
possible. Only about 10% of the attendees have responded so far;
certainly many more of you have opinions to offer. The vice president and
executive board value this input from the membership and use it to improve
the next conference. Many of the suggestions for proposals noted above
came directly from the questionnaires that have already been submitted.
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JEANETTE C. MILLS School of Art
University of Washington
Director of Visual Services Box 353440
Seattle, WA 98195-3440
Vice President, email: [log in to unmask]
Visual Resources Association voice: (206) 543-0649
fax: (206) 685-1657
"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library."
Jorge Luis Borges
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