VRA Membership Benefits
The benefits of membership are many, including:
- access to information on the latest technologies and equipment via subscription to the VRA-L listserv
- subscription to the VRA Bulletin (three issues)
- subscription to VRA Directory (annual)
- registration discount to the annual national VRA conference, with programming on image management, copyright issues, standards, cataloguing and classification, metadata, digital imaging technology, Web design, preservation of image quality, and educational opportunities
- eligibility for enrolment in one of the regional VRA chapters http://www.vraweb.org/chapters/ across the United States
- continuing education opportunities, including
- member-discounted workshops and the Summer Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management
- discounts on Association publications
- mentor program for new members.
VRA has an active print and online publication program. http://www.vraweb.org/publications.html
Highlights include:
- Guidelines for the Visual Resources Profession (joint publication with ARLIS/NA)
- Image Collection Guidelines: The Acquisition and Use of Images in Non-Profit Educational Visual Resources Collections
- Cataloguing Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Cultural Works and Their Images. (online)
- Conservation Practices for Slide and Photograph Collections
- Guide to Copy Photography for Visual Resources Professionals
- Subject Classification for Visual Collections
- A Guide to Cataloguing Chinese Art.
The Visual Resources Association is a multidisciplinary community of image management professionals working in primarily educational and cultural heritage environments.
The Association is committed to providing leadership in the visual resources field, developing and advocating standards, and offering educational tools and opportunities for the profession.
The Association offers a forum for issues of vital concern to the membership, including preservation and access to digital and analog image collections; cataloguing and classification; integration of technology-based instruction and research; and intellectual property policy.
Through collaboration and partnership with the broader information management and educational technology communities, the Association actively supports the primacy of visual information in the educational and cultural experience.
Our international membership includes information specialists; digital image specialists; slide, photograph, microfilm and digital archivists; art, architecture, film and video librarians; museum curators; architectural firms; galleries; publishers; image system vendors; rights and reproductions officials; photographers; art historians; artists; and scientists.
Membership and Subscription Information
The annual membership/subscription year runs from January 1-December 31.
There are two membership options:
Option 1 - Full Membership entitles you to receive all benefits of the association, including VRA Bulletin and VRA-L listserv subscriptions.
Option 2 - Subscription Only entitles receipt of specific publication or service purchased and does not include any other membership benefits.
* New Applications or renewals received after October 15 will become activated the following calendar year. New members and subscribers will receive all issues of the VRA Bulletin for the year in which their account is activated. The first issue of each volume of the VRA Bulletin is the spring issue, published in the late spring Access to VRA-L and inclusion on the association's mailing list will take effect immediately upon receipt of payment. Membership renewals and subscription renewals not received by January 1 may be subject to a lapse in membership benefits, including suspension from VRA-L and from receipt of publications and mailings.
The VRA Membership Form is available here: http://my.memberclicks.com/vra.
(Credit card Donations to VRA can also be made using the form above. If donating by check please use this pdf Donation Form.)
The VRA Federal Employer Identification Number is 43-1293169.
Select one of the following two options when applying for membership:
Option 1: Full Membership
For individuals within North America, based on annual income. Full Membership includes VRA Bulletin and VRA-L listserv subscriptions:
Student, Retired, Unemployed |
$35 |
Less than $20,000 |
$40 |
$20,000-$29,999 |
$65 |
$30,000-$39,999 |
$95 |
$40,000-$49,999 |
$115 |
Over $50,000 |
$145 |
Institutional |
$145 |
Contributor |
$150 - $299 |
Patron |
$300+ |
Please be sure to include the name of one individual who will be designated to receive the benefits of institutional membership.
Option 2: Subscription Only
VRA Bulletin $100
VRA-L Listserv $40
Subscription Only payment for the VRA Bulletin may be processed through subscription services.
Payment
Full payment must be received before benefits of membership or subscription can be activated.
Credit card payments are only available online. Please use this online form. Options include VISA, Mastercard, Discover, and e-check.
For check or money order in US funds, please complete and submit our online membership form, then send check or money order (made payable to the Visual Resources Association) to the address below.
The form and payment should be sent to:
Visual Resources Association
Membership Services
P.O. Box 632314
Baltimore, MD 21263-632314
For information about VRA memberships, contact:
Lise Hawkos
Membership Services Coordinator
join@vraweb.org
A $25 fee will be charged for returned checks.
