Announcement: FIRST JOINT CONFERENCE OF ARLIS/NA AND VRA IN ST.

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Date: Fri Nov 16 2001 - 08:27:09 CST

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From: Stuart Glogoff <mailto:stuartg@U.ARIZONA.EDU>
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    <pre> NEWS RELEASE October 15, 2001

    FIRST JOINT CONFERENCE OF ARLIS/NA AND VRA IN ST. LOUIS Mar. 21-26, 2002

    WHAT: Approximately 700 art librarians, visual resources curators, publishers and special guests are expected at the first joint conference of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) and the Visual Resources Association (VRA) to be held in St. Louis Missouri, from March 21-26, 2002. The conference includes 10 panel sessions, 6 seminar sessions, 9 workshops and 2 plenary sessions. Topics will address our changing research and collections environments, the redefinition of the roles and responsibilities in our professions, best strategies for managing the tasks and projects that lay ahead, and the most challenging issues that face our culture at large.

    WHEN: March 21-26, 2002

    WHERE: The Hyatt Regency Hotel at Union Station, St. Louis housed in what was once the second busiest train station in the nation and is now on the national register of historic places. This Romanesque Revival structure, designed by the architect Theodore Link, has been restored to its former glory, and features elegant rooms, dramatic public spaces, and dozens of on-site eating, shopping, and entertainment venues.

    HIGHLIGHTS:

    · A NINCH (the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage) town meeting and opening plenary session open to the public- "The Information Commons Today and Tomorrow: New Research Collections Environments"- that will address such concerns as public access and digital information, database legislation, copyright litigation, licensing concerns and distribution issues
    · Workshops and sessions that will offer the opportunity to learn and test leadership skills for managing collaborative projects, and skills for public speaking
    · Sessions that challenge traditional standards and offer new insights about cataloging and archiving visual media, including a new trend with sound art
    · Closing Plenary Session on the three leading art historical image databases currently on the market and their future visions
    · Tours to historic parks of St. Louis, Cahokia Mounds World Heritage Site, two private homes by Frank Lloyd Wright, Pulitzer Foundation Museum, Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri Botanical Garden, Mercantile Library and Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri--St. Louis, Maybeck Collection at Principia College, Dana Thomas House and Abraham Lincoln Home in Springfield, Illinois, and St. Louis Architectural Adaptive Reuse
    · A special joint convocation to be held at the historic Sheldon Concert Hall

    Information about registration, travel, hotels and a preliminary program can be found on the conference web site: http://library.wustl.edu/~beth/Conference.html

    For additional information contact: ARLIS/NA Headquarters, 329 March Road, Suite 232, Ottawa, Ontario K2K 2E1 Canada PHONE: 800-817-0621 FAX: 613-599-7027 email: mailto:arlisna@igs.net

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