> 2003 VISUAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION > > The Visual Resources Association, the international organization of image > media professional, invites submissions of program proposals for its 21st > annual conference in Houston, Texas, April 7-12, 2003. > > We encourage you to propose sessions, seminars, workshops or individual > papers. The deadline is June 14th, 2002. Please visit the conference > website at <A HREF="http://vraweb.org/2003conference">http://vraweb.org/2003conference</A> to use the Program: Call for > Participation link to review the guidelines and to submit your proposal > through the new online Proposal Form. Some of formats are new, so please > review the following guidelines carefully before filling out the mandatory > proposal form. > > > GUIDELINES FOR PROGRAM PROPOSALS > Proposals must include: > > ·abstract of the content justifying the significance of the session for the > field of visual resources and image collection management; > > ·title of proposed session, workshop, etc.; > > ·proposed speakers and presenters with complete personal contact > information; > > ·audio-visual requests. > > > PROGRAM FORMATS > ·Some of the following formats are new; please review carefully before > filling out the Program Proposal online form. > > ·Thematically clustered, multi-formatted proposal packages may be submitted > (e.g., the Common Ground Series of session, seminar, and workshop at the > 2002 conference), but each part must be submitted as a separate program > proposal. > > ·The VRA Executive Board reserves the right to seek revision of a proposal > to best fit the conference program. > > > 1.Session. 90-minute moderated session with 3 or 4 speakers at 20 minutes > each. > > 2.Seminar. 90-minute session with any number of panelists consisting of > brief presentations and followed by a facilitated, in-depth > question-and-answer period. > > 3.Individual Papers. Individual papers not yet associated with a session > topic; may be assigned to a formal session or to an Open Session. > > 4.Special Interest Group. 60- or 90-minute informal facilitated group > discussion on topics related to a specific community within VRA. Example of > Special Interest Group discussions include Museum VR Professionals, Solo VR > Professionals, Luna Insight Users Group, Problems in Cataloging, etc. > > 5.Workshop. Half or full-day workshop to develop skills and experience in > administrative or technical aspects of Visual Resources. > Interactive/audience participation components are strongly encouraged. > Workshop proposals may focus on Leadership Skills, Project Development, > Grant Writing, Data Standards, Advanced Database Design, etc. > > > SPEAKERS / PRESENTERS > We encourage you to identify potential or confirmed speakers in your > submitted proposal. Proposals approved without identified speakers will be > posted later on VRA-L with a call for presenters. > > > DEADLINES > ALL PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY JUNE 14, 2002. Applicants will be > notified in late July. > Please submit proposals using the online Proposal Form. Proposals may be > directed to: > > Jeanne M. Keefe > VRA Vice President for Conference Programs > Visual Resources Librarian > Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute > Architecture Library, Greene 306 > 110 Eighth St > Troy, NY 12180-3590 > ph: 518-276-2727 > fax: 518-276-6753 > email: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).