This message is being cross-posted to several listservs; please feel free to re-post. My apologies for any typographical errors or misspellings; I am combatting a noisy line today. This is an update of the October 15th posting. Full conference brochures and hotel 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] General information about the conference can be obtained from me, Jenni Rodda, VRA VP, Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10021; [log in to unmask] edu. PRELIMINARY PROGRAM SCHEDULE 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, TX 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, "Stress and the VR Curator;" Corinne Robles, Health South Hand Therapy and Rehabilitation Center, "Cumulative Trauma Disorders." 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Rooms at The Mengere 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 12:00 p.m.; the VRMS Users Group will meet from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. SESSI}N 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 Collectin 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 Univerisyt 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, "Downsizing: Diet and Exercise for a Leaner, Meaner, Image Collection." 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. ROND TABLE I: For New Curators: The Importance of Statistics in Visual Resources Collections. Discussion leader: Sherrie Rook, George Mason University. *Participation limited to 35, pre-registratyo required. ROUND TABLE II: Cataloguing for Unusual or Satellite Slide Collections. Discussion leader: Margo Ballantyne, Lewis and Clark College. *Participation limited to 35, pre-registratin required. WORKSHOP I: Writing Effective Job Descriptions. Leaders: Margaret Webster, Cornell University; Christina Updike, James Madison University; Kim Kopatz, University of Rochester; D. Jo Schaffer, State University of New York/Cortland. *Participation limited to 20, pre-registration required. 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING I. Executive Board members, standing committee chairs, editrs, 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. Cash bar; appetizers will be served. The 1995 VRA Distinguishvd Service Award will be p~esented during the reception, as 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 Progra[. 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. VRD/VRA Joint Task Force on Visual Resources Professional Issues meeting; Publications Advisory Committee meeting, rooms to be announced. 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. SESSION IV: Digital Imaging Project Management for Visual Resurces Libraries. Moderator: Kevin J. Comerford, Dallas Museum of Art. Participants: Elizabeth Antrim, San Jose State Uniersity, "Working Togethes to Create an Image Database on the Internet, or, You Can Teach an Old Slide Curator New Tricks;" Leslie Johnston, Historic New Orleans Collection, "Images and Exhibitions: Development of a Touchscreen System to Augment Access;" Virginia Kerr, Columbia College Chicago, "Searching for Effective Information Retrieval in an Imaging Project: The Costume Image Database at Columbia College Library, Chicago;" Dennis Moser, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, "Nuts, Bolts, JPEG, PICTS, and CDs--The Assembly and Implementaton of a Large-Scale Consortium-Based Hypermedia Delivery Project." 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. SESSION V: Hypermedia on the Internet. 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 Consortium-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 Board members only. FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1995 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. Conference registration closes. VRA Hospitality Suite, The Menger Hotel. 8:00 a.m. VRA Bulletin Editors Meeting. 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. SESSION VI: Implications of the New Visual Resources Technologies for the Classrooms and Museums o the 21st Century, Part II. Moderator: Carolyn Putney, Toledo Museum of Art. Participants: Thomas Bower, Natioal Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, "Make My Day, Use My Image: New Visual Resources Technologies and Some of the Applicable Laws fro th User's Viewpoint;" Caron Carnahan, Williams College, "Saving the Image Bank: Considerations of Technolovy and Access in Imagebase Planning;" Steven Leuthold, Syracuse University, "Interactve Multimedia Instruction in the Large Lecture Course: Proise or Reality;" Bonnie Holt, University of California/Davis, "Query by Image Content the QBIC Project's Applications inthe University of California at Davis 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 ROUND UP. Organizer: Kevin J. Comerford, Dallas Museum of Art. Participants will be announced. 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Data Standards Committee meeting. 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Development Committee meeting. 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. ROUND TABLE III: Nuts and Bolts of the New Technologies. Discussion leader: Linda Tompkins-Baldwin, University of Texas/Austin. *Participation limited to 35, pre-regitration 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. *Participation limited to 35, pre-registration required. WORKSHOP II: Navigating the World Wide Web with Mosaic. Leader: Robbin Murphy, ArtNet. *Participation limited to 23, pre-registration required. Please note: This event will be held at the Uni~ersity of Texas/San Antonio. Transpation will be provided. Cost: $40.00. 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. ROUND TABLE V: Writing Annual Reports. Dicussion leader: Astrid Otey, Miami University/Ohio. *Particiption limited to 35, pre-registration required. WORKSHOP III: Cataloguing Images: Photographs, Book Illustrations, and Eve Wine Labels and Menus. Leader: Pat Keats, California Historical Society. *Participation limited to 35, pre-registration required. 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. WORKSHOP IV: Access to the Visual Image: The Role of Controlled Vocabulary. Leaders: Alisa Lanzi and Toni Petersen, Art and Architecture Thesaurus. *Participation limied to 17, pre-registration required. Please note: This event will be held at the University o Texas/ San Antonio, transportation will be provided. Cost: $40.00 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Dinner to raise funvs 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. SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1995 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. SESSION VII: 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 Archiecture Thesaurus, "Vocabulary as Access tohe 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 must either purchase a single session admission ticket, or register for the full CAA annual meeting in order to attend tis session. Cost: $15.00 TOUR to the King William District, beginning at 9:00 a.m. *Participaton limited to 20. Pre-registration required. Cost $3.00. TOUR to the Missions National Historical Park, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Pre-registration required. Cost: $27.00 Again, my apologies for any and all typographical errors. Jenni Rodda, VRA VP [log in to unmask]