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VRA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Meeting
Friday, October 1, 2004
Bruton Heights School Education Center, Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia
Attendees:
Kathe Albrecht, American University
Ann Burns, University of Virginia (Secretary/Treasurer)
Mary Ann Dyer, Virginia Commonwealth University
Sarah Falls, University of Richmond
Elizabeth Gushee, University of Virginia
Virginia M. G. Hall, Johns Hopkins University
Pamela Hawkes, College of William and Mary
Lydia Hellrich, Colonial Williamsburg
Marianne Martin, Colonial Williamsburg
Paul Reuther, George Washington University
Nancy Shelton, Old Dominion University
Janet Temos, Princeton University
Clay Vaughan, Old Dominion University
Ann Whiteside, University of Virginia (President)
Ann Woodward, Johns Hopkins University
Program:
9:00 am - Tours of Colonial Williamsburg facilities: slide collection, photo studio; productions center; Visual Resources Center at Rockefeller Library
11:00 am - Meeting sessions: Lane Auditorium at the Bruton Heights School Education Center
Ann Whiteside, Chair, VRA Mid-Atlantic Chapter
"Welcome to Common Ground"
11:30 - Barrie Howard, Digital Library Federation
"DLF Initiatives and the Arts"
11:45 - Sharon Wasserman, National Museum of Women in the Arts
"Collecting and Curating Artists Books"
12:15 - 1:45 - lunch
2:00 - Lucie Stylianopoulos, University of Virginia
"No One Left Behind: Experiences in Building a non-Eurocentric Collection"
2:30 - Ann Woodward, Johns Hopkins University
"Licensing and Delivery of Digital Images and Personal Collections"
3:15 - Lee Sorensen, Duke University
“Electronic Journals in the Arts - issues and changes”
3:45 - Break
4:00 - Macie Hall, Johns Hopkins University
"Tell us About ARTstor"
4:30 - Sharon Wasserman, Chair, ARLIS MD/DC/VA Chapter
Closing
5:00 - Chapter Meetings
6:30 - Dinner
Saturday, October 2nd
9:00 am - Tours
James River Plantations
Surry County - Bacon Castle
Wallace Museum of Decorative Arts
Business Meeting
Attendees:
Kathe Albrecht, American University
Ann Burns, University of Virginia (Secretary/Treasurer)
Mary Ann Dyer, Virginia Commonwealth University
Sarah Falls, University of Richmond
Elizabeth Gushee, University of Virginia
Virginia M. G. Hall, Johns Hopkins University
Jack Robertson, Jefferson Library, Monticello (guest)
Ann Whiteside, University of Virginia (President)
Ann Woodward, Johns Hopkins University
1. Ann Burns, Secretary/Treasurer, reported that our bank balance as of 9/30/2004 was $439.76, and the number of dues-paying members as of 9/30/2004 was 23.
2. Elections for Chapter Chair – Ann Woodward submitted her name as candidate for Chapter President previous to this meeting; however, there were not enough members present to vote. Ann Burns agreed to send out an electronic ballot. (Ann Woodward was elected President by this ballot, with 14 members voting).
3. Planning for 2005 meetings – The membership agreed to hold three meetings in 2005. The first will be a social meeting, to be held at the annual VRA Conference in Miami, Florida. The second will be held in the Spring (tentatively May 20) and will involve pedagogical issues. Sarah Falls volunteered to host the meeting at the University of Richmond. A summer meeting was discussed and rejected because of the difficulty of scheduling around vacation times. The third meeting is to be held in the Fall, and the consensus of the group was that it would be valuable to have another joint meeting with ARLIS/NA DC-MD-VA. A location for this meeting has not yet been determined. [Update: The ARLIS chapter is actively pursuing a meeting in Washington D.C. at the Library of Congress.]
4. VRA 2006 – The annual VRA Conference in 2006 will be held in Washington DC, and a planning meeting will be held at the Miami conference, on Thursday March 10th from 7:30-9 AM in the Madrid Room of the conference hotel. All VRA Mid-Atlantic Chapter members may attend.
5. VRA President’s update – Kathe Albrecht gave an overview of the recent activities of the Association, including descriptions of some of the conference events, a report of the Board’s review of the Association’s bylaws, and the activities of the online membership services group. She also reported on the Association’s efforts to change its tax-exempt status from a C-6 to a C-3, a status which allows more flexibility in the Association’s activities.
The meeting adjourned at 5:30 PM.
