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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
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