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- Subject: VRA New Technologies Roundup
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- A N N O U N C E M E N T
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- New Technologies Roundup
- Visual Resources Association
- 11th Annual Conference - Seattle, Washington
- Stouffer Madison Hotel
- Thursday, February 4, 1993
- 11 AM - 1 PM
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- The Visual Resources Association is pleased to announce the following
- lineup of vendors/developers who have responded to our call for
- participation in the New Technologies Roundup program. This is still a
- tentative list, although most have made firm commitments to date. An
- updated lineup will be distributed via this network closer to the time
- of the conference.
-
- For you convenience, I am also attaching a copy of the VRA Conference
- Pre-Registration form. If you have already received a copy by mail or
- net, please excuse this duplication.
-
- Besides the New Technologies Roundup, two other programs dealing with
- electronic imaging are scheduled: Electronic Imaging: A Visual
- Resources Perspective (February 4, 4:45-6:15 PM) at the Seattle
- Convention Center, and Electronic Imaging: Copyright Issues (February 5,
- 8:30-10:30 AM, Stouffer Madison Hotel). We look forward to seeing you
- at the conference to take advantage of this impressive gathering of
- technology experts and information.
-
- VENDORS/DEVELOPERS
- VRMS - Slideware, Sausalito, California
- software for visual resources collections
- Visual Information, Inc., Denver, Colorado
- computer imaging systems
- Willoughby Associates, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois
- museum and visual resources image/data management
- The Voyager Company, Santa Monica, California
- videodisc and CD-ROM products
- University Products, Holyoke, Massachusetts
- new label technology
- ART/AAT, Santa Monica, California
- on-line Authority Reference Tool
- Graphic Detail, Raleigh, North Carolina
- ImageMaster (developed for Duke University)
- AXS/Optical Technology Resource, Berkeley, California
- ArtAccess imagebase
-
- Awaiting final confirmation from:
- GTE ImageSpan, Stamford, Connecticut
- Digital Album
- Microsoft INCARTA, Redmond, Washington
- multimedia encyclopedia
- Museum Informatics Project, University of California, Berkeley
- coordinated campus information technology
-
- For further information, please contact Christine Sundt
- (csundt@oregon.uoregon.edu), 503-346-2209.
-
- ATTACHMENT: VRA CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM********************
-
- Only the pre-registration form is included here. Anyone needing more
- information about conference activities should contact Becky Hoort, VRA
- Vice-President and 1993 Conference Coordinator, directly by phone
- (313)747-3328 or by e-mail at GEX4@UMICHUM (Bitnet) or GEX4@UM.UMICH.EDU
- (Internet). If you have access to the Visual Resources Association
- Bulletin, the full conference schedule is included in the fall issue.
- The conference dates are February 3-6, 1993. The conference hotel is
- the Stouffer Madison in Seattle, phone (206) 583-0300. Conference rates
- for the hotel are $85.00 for a single and $99.00 for a double room.
- Hotel arrangements should be made directly with the hotel. The
- conference registration fee must accompany the pre-registration form.
- To obtain the pre-registration conference rate, pre-registrations from
- North America must be postmarked no later than January 1, 1993. Pre-
- registrations from outside the contient must be postmarked no later than
- December 24, 1992. Payment must accompany the pre-registration form.
- Please mail these to:
- Barbara Stevenson
- VRA Secretary
- Carleton University
- SSAC: Art History
- DT2203, Ottawa Ontario K1s 5B6
- CANADA
- Please note that first class postage to Canada from the U.S. is 40
- cents.
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- VRA CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM
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- Name/Institution _______________________________________________________
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- Address ________________________________________________________________
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- City, State, Zip _______________________________________________________
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- Telephone ______________(work) ______________(home)
-
- New member _____ Is this your first meeting? _____
-
- *
- Conference fee (pre-registration rate)
- VRA member $55.00 _____
- Immediate family of VRA member $55.00 _____
- ARLIS/NA member (not also VRA member) $55.00 _____
- Non-VRA or ARLIS member (includes 1993 membership) $95.00 _____
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- *
- Paid Events
- AAT Workshop, 8:30 AM-12:30 PM, Feb. 3; limit 25 $10.00 _____
- Seattle Public Art Tour, 1:00-4:00 PM, Feb. 3; limit 20
- $ 5.00 _____
- Seattle Public Art Tour, 9:30AM-12:30PM, Feb.6; limit 20
- $ 5.00 _____
- Kitsap Peninsula Tour, 9:30 AM-4:30 PM, Feb. 6;limit 27
- $30.00 _____
- TOTAL _____
- *
- Day trip to Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia - 7;30 AM to
- 7:45 PM, Feb. 6th. Make individual reservations for the Victoria
- Clipper ferry by phoning 1-800-888-2535; pay be credit card; fare is
- non-refundable, non-transferable. Two-week advance purchase is $59.00.
- Tickets may also be purchased at the time of departure for a fare of
- $74.00; seniors $64.00. U.S. citizens must have a valid driver's
- license or other picture identification. Please enquire when making
- reservations.
- Ferry leaves Seattle, Pier 69, at 8:00 AM. Participants meet at the
- hotel at 7:30 AM for accompaniment to the pier.
- I am interested in participating in this event. _____
- *
- Free Events
- Limited enrollment. Please indicate which you would like to attend.
- _____ Tour of Interactive Home Systems (Continuum Productions, Corp.),
- 1:00-4:00 PM, Feb. 3 (limit 24)
- _____ Tour of Boeing Company Archives Photograph Collection,
- 1:00-4:00 PM, Feb. 4 (limit 30; U.S. citizens only)
- _____ Tour of Seattle Art Museum; 7:45-8:45 PM, Feb. 4 (limit flexible)
- *
- University of Washington campus tours, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM, Feb. 5
- _____ Art Slide Collection (limit flexible)
- _____ Architecture Slide Collection (limit flexible)
- _____ Special Collections (limit 30)
- *
- Round-table Discussion Sessions
- 2:00-3:30 PM, Feb. 4. Limit 10 per topic. Please prioritize your
- choices (i.e., 1,2,3).
- _____ Architecture slide collection concerns
- _____ Museum slide collection concerns
- _____ Small collection concerns
- _____ Trends in projection equipment and facilities
- _____ Changing world geography; its effect on classification schemes
- _____ Problems in cataloging tribal arts
- _____ Cataloging and indexing concerns in automated slide database
- systems; to include a discussion of MARC
- ****** END OF PRE-REGISTRATION FORM*******
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