CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:  THIRD POSTING.  Please excuse the duplications
of cross-posting, and all typographical errors:
 
1995 CALL FOR PARTICIPATiON, VISUAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, JANUARY 25--JANUARY 28, 1995.
 
        The 13th annual conference o the Visual Resources Association will
be held in San Antonio, Texas, from Wednesday, January 25, through Saturday,
Janua\y 28, 1995, at the Menger Hotel.  As always, the VRA conference will be
cocurrent with the College Art Associaton's annual meeting.  Our Lonestar State
colleagues are already planning activities which will higlight the city's rich
cultural (and culinary!) variety.
        Proposals and moderators for VRA sessions are needed.  Topics which have
   been suggested include, but are not limited to:  cataloging issues and data
standards; grantsmanship; the National Infomation Infrastructure; architecctural
   collections; continuation of t{is year's technology and copyright issues
sessions.  Should the workshops on job descriptions and photography be
repeated?  How shall we address the problems inherent in technological pre-
sentations at this next meeting?  New topic proposals are encoaged an
welcome!
        Round table discussion leaders are also needed.  Round table topics
which have been suggested include:  new curators; small collections/small
budgets; non-academic collections; how to write annual reports.  These topics
should lend themselves to more active discussion within smaller groups.  New
discussion topics are encouraged and welcome!
        Formal session and round table proposals should be made in the form of
short written statements of no more than one page by those interested in acting
as session moderators and round table leaders.  Please send proposals to:
 
                Jenni Rodda, VRA Vice President
                c/o Institute of Fine Arts
                1 East 78th Street
                New York, NY  10021-0178
 
Telephone 212-772-5872; fax 212-772-5807; Internet [log in to unmask]
 
Proposals must be received in New York no later than June 1, 1994, to ensure
proper consideration.  If this deadline prohibits a written submission, pro-
posals may also be made by telephone at the number listed above from Monday
through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
        More specific information about the conference and a call for papers
will be included in upcoming issues of the VRA _Bulletin_, and via these
electronic lists.  Your comments and suggestions are welcome in planning
the 1995 conference.
 
Jenni Rodda (who apologizes for the terrible typing, done on a noisy line)
New York University