I am pleased to announce that Kris Branscomb is the recipient of the first chapter-sponsored membership for 2012. Congratulations to Kris and thanks for your participation.
Abby Dansiger will take over as Chapter Chair in January.
Happy Holidays to All.
The deadline has now passed for nominations for our Chair Elect for 2012, and Emily Vigor is our sole candidate. Members will soon be receiving an online ballot to confirm Emily's nomination. Thanks, Emily, for volunteering your service.
The Website for the annual Art Libraries Society (ARLIS) and VRA sponsored Summer Educational Institute (SEI) is now live. If you are a grad student in information and library science or art history, are new to the profession of image curating, or need to update your technology and/or management skills, this is a valuable opportunity. Registration will open on January 18, 2012.
SEI 2012 will be held from June 19th to 22nd at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The intensive three and a half-day workshop will feature a curriculum that specifically addresses the requirements of today’s professional, and will include hands-on and lecture modules. Expert instructors will cover intellectual property rights, digital imaging, metadata and cataloguing, and strategic planning. There are usually a few grants offered to help with funding the trip to Michigan if you want to go but do not have the resources. Dorm rooms will be available for around $50 per night. It is held in a different location each year.
Today, December 14, 2011 at 5 pm is the deadline to throw your name in the ring to volunteer to be Chair-elect of our Chapter for the next year and to succeed Abby Dansiger in 2013 as Chair. To apply, you need to be a renewed member for 2012 of the VRA and the Chapter. Simply submit a short statement of candidacy stating why you want the office and what you would hope to accomplish along with a brief biographical statement to current Chair-elect Abby Dansiger (ADansiger@academyart.edu) or Chairperson Karen Kessel (karen.kessel@sonoma.edu). To date, we have one candidate, Emily Vigor, cataloging assistant at the Academy of Art.
Tuesday, December 20, is the deadline to apply for our new Chapter-sponsored membership in the chapter and the national organization. You can access a form with the full application guidelines under the Chapter Information column on the right, or click here. You must demonstrate financial need and a willingness to actively participate in the chapter to further the goals of the VRA. We are in the planning stages to have a second joint mini-conference with our southern California sister chapter next June, and this will entail dedicated efforts and coordination to make it as successful as last year's event in Santa Barbara. So if you would have been wanting to join the VRA and the Chapter but your institution just cannot provide the budget for it, this might be for you.
