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This is a conference program update. Full information, including
registration fees and hotel reservation information, can be obtained by
contacting Leigh Gates, VRA Secretary, Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson
Library, 37 South Wabash Street, Chicago, IL 60603, [log in to unmask]
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM SCHEDULE, VISUAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING,
JANUARY 25-28, 1995, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS;
Tuesday, January 24, 1995
7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Conference registration opens, VRA hospitality suite,
The Menger Hotel, 204 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Texas 78205
Wednesday, January 25, 1995
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Conference registration continues, VRA hospitality
suite, The Menger Hotel.
9:00 to 11:00 a.m. SESSION I: Our Workplace: Our Health and Safety.
Moderator: Pam Krupanski, Tufts University. Participants: Jeanne M. Keefe,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, "Health Hazards in the Workplace and Sick
Building Syndrome;" Rachel Dvoretzky, Rice University, "Awareness and Wellness
in the VR Collection: Proactive Responses to Environmental Problems; Christine
Hilker, University of Arkansas. Other speakers to be announced.
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Rooms at The Menger will be provided for Standing
Committee meetings. Committee chairs may also plan meetings for other times.
The CIHA Liaison Committee will meet from 11:00 a.m. to noon; the VRMS Users
Group will meet from noon to 1:00 p.m. in rooms to be announced.
1:00 to 3:00 p.m. SESSION II: Management of Images in Non-Art Collections.
Moderator: Nancy Schuller, University of Texas/Austin. Participants: Stella
de Sa Rego, Center for Southwest Research, "Managing an Historical Photograph
Collection in an Academic Regional History Library;" Dennis Moser, Henry Ford
Museum and Greenfield Village, "Virtual Art from Non-Art Images: Real Life
Development and Implementation of Hypermedia Delivery Projects in Non-
Traditional Repositories;" Donna J. Coates, The Center for American History,
University of Texas/Austin, "Photograph Collections at the University of Texas
at Austin's Center of American History;" Tim Hawkins, Playboy Enterprises,
"A View from the Private Sector: Managing the Playboy Photo Collection;"
Gary Alan Seloff, RMS Photographic Services, Johnson Space Center, "Down-
sizing: Diet and Exercise for a Leaner, Meaner Image Collection."
3:30 to 5:30 p.m. ROUND TABLE I: For New Curators: The Importance of
Statistics in Visual Resources Collections. Discussion leader: Sherrie
Rook, George Mason University. PLEASE NOTE: Participation is limited
to 35, pre-registration is required.
ROUND TABLE II: Cataloguing for Unusual or Satellite Slide Collections.
Discussion leader: Margo Ballantyne, Lewis & Clark College. PLEASE NOTE:
Participation is limited to 35, pre-registration is required.
WORKSHOP I: Writing Effective Job Descriptions. Leaders: Margaret
Webster, Cornell University; Christina Updike, James Madison University;
D. Jo Schaffer, State University of New York/Cortland; Kim Kopatz, University
of Rochester. PLEASE NOTE: Participation is limited to 20, pre-registration
is required.
5:30 to 7:00 p.m. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING I: Executive Committee members,
standing committee chairs, editors, task force chairs, and invited guests.
7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Annual Members' Reception, sponsored in part through the
generosity of Sandak, Inc. Cas bar; appetizers will be served. The 1995
Distinguished Service Award will be presented during the reception, at
approximately 8:00 p.m.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1995
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Conference registration continues, VRA hospitality
suite, The Menger Hotel.
8:00 to 9:30 a.m. Annual business meeting and breakfast.
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. SESSION III: Imaging: Issues and Technology for
the Visual Resources Professional. Presenters: Howard Besser, University
of Michigan, and Jennifer Trant, Getty Art History Information Program.
12:00 to 2:00 p.m. VRD/VRA Joint Task Force on Visual Resources Professional
Issues meeting, room to be announced. Other Standing Committees will also
convene at this time; committee chairs may plan meetings at other times as well.
2:00 to 4:00 p.m. SESSION IV: Digital Imaging Project Management for Visual
Resource Libraries. Moderator: Kevin J. Comerford, Dallas Museum of Art.
Participants: Elizabeth Antrim, San Jose State University, "Working Together
to Create an Image Database on the Internet, or, You Can Teach an Old Slide
Curator New Tricks;" Leslie Johnston, Historic New Orleans Collections, "Images
and Exhibitions: Development of a Touchscreen System to Augment Access;"
Virginia Kerr, Columiba College Chicago, "Searching for Effective Information
Retrieval in an Imaging Project: The Costume Image Database at Columbia Colleg
Library, Chicago;" Dennis Moser, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village,
"Nuts, Bolts, JPEG, PICTS, and CDs--The Assembly and Implementation of a
Large-Scale Consortium-Base Hypermedia Delivery Project."
4:30 to 6:30 p.m. SESSION V: Hypermedia on the Interner. Moderator: Joseph
Romano, Oberlin College. Participants: Stephan Goddard, University of Kansas,
"Prints and Print History on Internet;" Kathleen Cohen, San Jose State
University, "Lessons from California's Project Delta;" Kathleen Chmelewski,
Nan Goggin, and Joseph Squier, University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign, "Art
as Signal: Contemporary Artists Using the Internet;" Dennis Moser, Henry
Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, "From Hype-R to Real-ity: The Development
and Implementation of a Large-Scale Constorium-Based Hypermedia Delivery
Project;" Joseph Romano, Oberlin College, "The World of Internet Hypermedia
and its Potential for the Visual Resources Profession."
7:00 p.m. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING II. Executive committee members only.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1995
8:00 to 10:00 a.m. Conference registration closes. VRA hospitality suite,
The Menger Hotel.
8:00 to 9:00 a.m. VRA Bulletin Editors meeting, place to be announced.
9:00 to 11:00 a.m. SESSION VI: Implications of the New Visual Resources
Technologies for the Classrooms and Museums of the 21st Century, Part II.
Moderator: Carolyn Putney, Toledo Museum of Art. Participants: Thomas
Bower, National Museu of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, "Make My
Day, Use My Image: New Visual Resources Technologies and Some of the
Applicable Laws from the User's Viewpoint;" Caron Carnahan, Williams College,
"Saving the Image Bank: Considerations of Technology and Access in
Imagebase Planning;" Steven Leuthold, Syracuse University, "Interactive
Multimedia Instruction in the Large Lecture Course: Promise or Reality;"
Bonnie Holt, University of California/Davis, "Query by Image Content, the
QBIC Project's Applications in the University of California at David Art
and Art History Departments;" Pat Keats, California Historical Society,
"The Visual Imaging Project at the California Historical Society:
Cataloguing Images of California History--Photographs, Book Illustrations,
and Ephemera--for Local and National Access."
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. NEW TECHNOLOGIES ROUNDUP. Organizer: Kevin J.
Comerford, Dallas Museum of Art. Participants: To be announced.
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Data Standards Committee and the Development
Committee will meet. Other standing committees may also convene at this time.
1:00 to 3:00 p.m. ROUND TABLE III: Nuts and Bolts of the New Technolgies.
Discussion leader: Linda Tompkins-Baldwin, University of Texas/Austin. PLEASE
NOTE: participation is limited to 35, pre-registration is required.
ROUND TABLE IV: Resource Sharing and Data Standards; Going from Promise
to Reality in the Digital Revolution. Discussion leaders: Scott Bell,
University of California/Long Beach, and Linda McRae, University of South
Florida. PLEASE NOTE: Participation is limited to 35, pre-registration
is required.
WORKSHOP II: Navigating the World Wide Web with Mosaic. Leader: Robbin
Murphy, ArtNet. PLEASE NOTE: Participation is limited to 23, pre-
registration is required. This event will be held at the University
of Texas/San Antonio. Transportation will be provided. COST: $40.00
3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
ROUND TABLE V: Writing Annual Reports. Discussion leader: Astrid Otey,
Miami University/Ohio. PLEASE NOTE: Participation is limited to 35,
pre-registration is required.
WORKSHOP III: Catalogying Images: Photographs, Book Illustrations, and Even
Wine Labels and Menus. Leader: Pat Keats, California Historical Society.
PLEASE NOTE: Participation is limited to 35, pre-registration is required.
3:30 to 6:00 p.m. WORKSHOP IV: Access to the Visual Image: The Role
of Controlled Vacabulary. Leaders: Elisa Lanzi and Toni Petersen, Art and
Architecture Thesaurus. PLEASE NOTE: Participation is limited to 18.
Pre-registration is required. This event will be held at the University
of Texas/San Antonio; transportation will be provided. COST: $40.00
7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Dinner to raise funds for the Luraine Tansey Travel
Awards, at Mi Tierra Cafe, San Antonio. Join friends and colleagues for
a gala buffet with music! A portion of the cost of every ticket will go
to the Luraine Tansey Travel Award Fund. COST: $35.00 per person.
TOUR to the Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Pre-
registration required.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1995
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. SESSION VII (JOINT VRA/CAA SESSION): Implications
of New Visual Resources Technologies for the Classrooms and Museums of the
21st Century. Moderator: Sandra Walker, University of Tennessee. Participants
: Elaine DeBenedictis, Canisius College, "Teaching with Multimedia in the
Art History Classroom: Getting Started;" Sarah Miller and Walter Gilbert,
University of Maryland/College Park, "Experiences with CAPRINA: A Campus-
Wide Networked Image Distribution System;" Michael Greenhalgh and Joye
Volker, Australian National University/Canberra, "From a Distance: Australian
Perspectives on Networking the Visual Arts;" Deborah Wilde, Getty Art History
Information Program, "Setting Standards for Art Information: A
Methodology;" Elisa Lanzi, Art and Architecture Thesaurus, "Vocabulary as
Access to the Visual Image;" Ben Kessler, Princeton University, "A Systems
Anthropology of Electronic Imaging." PLEASE NOTE: This session will be
held at a CAA venue. VRA conference attenders who wish to attend this
session must either purchase a single session ticket, or register for the
full CAA annual meeting in order to attend. Cost for a single session
admission ticket in advance is $15.00
TOUR to the King William District, beginning at 9:00 a.m. PLEASE NOTE:
Participation is limited to 20. Pre-registration is required. COST: $3.00.
TOUR to the Missions National Historical Park, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
PLEASE NOTE: Pre-registration is required. COST: $27.00
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I will continue to update the conference program, roughly every two
weeks, from now until December 15th. If you have any questions about the
conference, please contact Jenni Rodda, VRA VP, Institute of Fine Arts,
1 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10021, (212) 772-5872, fax (212) 772-5807,
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All typographical errors are just that: typos! My apologies for any
unintentional misspellings or omissions. See you in San Antonio!
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