Welcome
Sarah
Goldstein, moderator, began the meeting and called for additional
agenda items. A co-vice moderator is still needed for the coming
year. Contact Sarah Goldstein
(sagoldstein@vassar.edu) or Spruill
Harder (sgharder@fas.harvard.edu) if interested. (Update: Eileen
Fry has agreed to be the new co-vice moderator. Thank you
Eileen!)
Old Business
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Wikipedia entry on
"Slide Library."
All members of VRD are welcome to
add information to the Wiki entry “Slide Library” located at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_library
Leigh Gates
offered to research people/biographies of prominent VR
professionals to add to the entry.
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Core Competencies
update
Margaret Webster will email the
VRD list the Core Competencies developed by the Professional
Development Committee (PDC). This supplements the Art Librarian
with specific issues pertaining to the Visual Resources
profession. Please review and provide Margaret with comments
through the list serve.
Announcements: Incoming President Visit
Deborah K.
Ultan Boudewyns the incoming ARLIS/NA President was introduced to
the group and spoke about the upcoming year. She defined the
upcoming year as a year of transition. A final decision on the
existence of the VR division (continued existence, changed format,
etc. as outlined in the Task Force Recommendations on
Restructuring DSRTs) is not required at this time. As a group, she
would like for us to brainstorm about what will work best for us
and for the organization with regard to the Task Force
recommendations. Ken Soehner, the incoming
Vice-President/President Elect of ARLIS/NA added that the
following year will be a year of implementation and that ideas and
suggestions are very much welcomed.
New Business
·
Task Force
Recommendations on Restructuring DSRTs.
A lively
discussion was held regarding the Task Force recommendation on the
restructuring of Divisions, Sections, and Round Tables. The Task
Force recommendations are meant to make the administration of
groups flat and more fluid with the idea that a group could come
together and disband once their purpose is accomplished. Comments
included:
·
Good idea to
restructure - perhaps we are more of an interest group
·
Why would someone
want to join VRD? Are we currently serving members needs? Will
this change better serve member’s interests?
·
There has been
little activity with the group during the year. Are we not doing
what is needed to contribute to the organization?
·
Digital image world
is no longer just Visual Resources - not limited to a physical
object.
·
We can contribute in
the area of metadata/item-level image specialization; we need to
promote that aspect of VR work.
·
Current meeting
arrangement schedules interests groups at same time decreasing
ability for “cross pollination” with other groups, i.e.,
Cataloging
·
Appropriate
communication tools are needed. If we change in structure will we
have web space on ARLIS/NA? How would change impact communication?
·
We need to focus on
images; providing digitization and item-level record metadata.
Conclusion: There is a desire to
continue the VR group to promote topics, projects and issues
regarding cataloging metadata, access, licensing, etc. As a group
we would like to have a certain amount of conference time, such as
a presentation or Ask ARLIS table. A new name/identity is needed.
One suggestion is Digital Image Resource Think Tank (DIRT). Please
think about a name and future format and send suggestions to the
VRD list serve or directly to Sarah or Spruill.
Attendance:
Sarah
Goldstein, Vassar College
Spruill Harder, Harvard University
Heather Cleary, Otis College of Art and Design
Leigh
Gates, Art Institute of Chicago
Sonja Staum, Indiana University
Barbara Rockenbach, JStor
Darin Murphy, Harvard University
Susan Chute, New York Public Library
Elizabeth Berenz, Roger Williams University
Elaine Paul, University of Colorado, Boulder
Margaret Webster, Cornell University
Eileen Fry, Indiana University
Arleen Arzigian, Boston University
Trudy Jacoby, Princeton University
Mark Pompelia, Rice University
Elizabeth Schaub, University of Texas, Austin
Miranda Howard, Western Michigan University
Kira Appel, John and Mable Ringling Museum
of Art
Barbara Brenny, North Carolina State University
Jessica Bozeman, DePauw University
Gilda Santana, University of Miami
Gregory Most, National Gallery of Art
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