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[Apologies for cross-postings.] *VRA: THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF IMAGE MEDIA PROFESSIONALS* The Visual Resources Association <http://www.vraweb.org/index.html>’s 32nd Annual Conference <http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra32/> will be held March 12-15, 2014 at the historic Pfister Hotel in downtown in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Please take a moment to view the full schedule<http://vra32.sched.org/>. Included here are some selected highlights among many: - Sessions and case studies<http://vra32.sched.org/overview/type/session#.Usb4s38vogM> covering topics such as collaborative practices amongst both traditional and nontraditional disciplines and within archival and special collections, international copyright and resources, broadening professional roles, the management of moving image collections, basic and advanced (RDF & LOD) cataloging procedures, DAM implementation, expanding VRA Core 4 capabilities, personal digital archiving, and more. - Opening speaker, Philip Yenawine, Co-Founding Director, Visual Thinking Strategies, 3/12. - Exciting tours <http://vra32.sched.org/overview/type/tour#.UscKGH8vogM> of the Harley-Davidson Museum & Design Archive, 3/12, and the Lakefront Brewery, 3/15. - Don’t miss out on networking opportunities provided by the Birds of a Feather Lunches<http://vra32.sched.org/overview/type/networking#.Usb3E38vogN> throughout the conference, and the Sponsors’ Meet and Greet & Poster Presentations<http://vra32.sched.org/event/d1d9c50aaa96d74b67c23b1477379e45#.Usb3d38vogM>, 3/13. - Honor associates at the Members & Awards Dinner, 3/13. - Informative workshops<http://vra32.sched.org/overview/type/workshop#.UtXsyY0VzwQ> (many free for conference registrants) with limited participation, so don’t postpone registration. - Unwind with colleagues at the Friday Evening Drink ‘n’ Draw with Stephanie Barenz (Pfister Hotel’s Artist in Residence), 3/14. - Closing speaker, Matthew Israel, Director, The Art Genome Project at Artsy, 3/15. The online conference schedule allows for Sign up / Log in<http://vra32.sched.org/signup#.UscCGH8vogM> via SCHED to connect with your favorite social media sites, create custom schedules, and share interests with fellow attendees. (Please note that you cannot register via SCHED.) Search for “vra32.sched.org” on your mobile device to download an app for the schedule so that you’ll have access at your fingertips. So register <http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra32/registration/> now to take advantage of reduced rate early bird fees before they end on February 14th. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity! Questions? Please contact: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Visual Resources Association is a multi-disciplinary, international professional organization dedicated to furthering research and education in the field of media management within the educational, cultural heritage, and commercial environments. The Association is committed to providing leadership in the visual resources field, developing and advocating standards, and offering educational tools and activities, publication programs, and opportunities for the benefit of the community at large. The Association offers a forum for issues of vital concern to the field of digital and analog curation, including: preservation of and access to digital and analog images of media documenting visual culture; cataloging and classification standards and practices; integration of technology-based instruction and research; digital humanities; intellectual property policy; visual literacy and other topics of interest to the field. Through collaboration, partnership, and outreach with the broader information management, and educational, and scholarly communities, the Association actively supports the primacy of visual information in documenting and understanding humanity's shared cultural experience. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Meghan Musolff Special Projects Librarian for LIT and Publishing Online Exhibits/Omeka Coordinator University of Michigan Library 734-647-5978 ############################ To unsubscribe from the DLF-ANNOUNCE list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://lists.clir.org/scripts/wa-CLIR.exe?SUBED1=DLF-ANNOUNCE&A=1