VRAB Vol. 53 No. 1 (2026): Spring/Summer Issue is out!

The 2026 Spring/Summer issue of the VRA Bulletin (VRAB) is now available. The articles in this issue cover a range of topics, from a history of the VRA as derived from an interview with Allan T. Kohl, to guidance on digitizing dry plate glass negatives.

Explore these articles and more from this issue of the VRA's fully open access journal below: 

IN THIS ISSUE

ASSOCIATION NEWS

State of the Association

Xiaoli Ma 

Fiscal Year 2025 Visual Resources Association Treasurer’s Report

Will Fenton 

2025 VRA Awards Recipients & Recognition: Presented at the 43rd Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon

Ann McShane, April Martin

FEATURE ARTICLES

Imagining Impossible Virtual Worlds: Final Fantasy XI Private Servers as Imagined Living Community Archives

Lucas McGill 

Digitizing and Enhancing Dry Plate Glass Negatives: A Guide for Under-Resourced Archives

Paige Harris, John MacDonald

PERSPECTIVES

Remaining Resilient: Reflections on the Visual Resources Community

Allan T. Kohl, Lael J. Ensor-Bennett, Sara Schumacher

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